{"id":12685,"date":"2019-02-20T08:58:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T13:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12685"},"modified":"2019-02-20T08:58:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T13:58:15","slug":"mortality-rates-lower-in-us-counties-with-more-primary-care-physicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12685","title":{"rendered":"Mortality rates lower in US counties with more primary care physicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Megan Knowles for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Mortality rates are lower in U.S. counties with more primary care physicians than in areas with fewer physicians, a study published in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamainternalmedicine\/fullarticle\/2724393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JAMA Internal Medicine<\/a><\/em>\u00a0found.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/population-health\/mortality-rates-lower-in-us-counties-with-more-primary-care-physicians.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8434\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-130x90.jpg 130w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Megan Knowles for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Mortality rates are lower in U.S. counties with more primary care physicians than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12686,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12685\/revisions\/12686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}