Access to primary care may reduce surgeries among children
Saturday, May 1, 2010 - 21:10
in Health & Medicine
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- The availability of surgeons may increase the likelihood that children will receive optional ear and throat surgeries, while the availability of primary care providers, such as pediatricians and family physicians, may decrease the likelihood of children undergoing these procedures, according to research to be presented Saturday, May 1 at the Pediatric Academic So