{"id":22781,"date":"2024-04-30T08:06:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22781"},"modified":"2024-04-30T08:07:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:07:01","slug":"where-patients-go-when-primary-care-waits-are-too-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22781","title":{"rendered":"Where patients go when primary care waits are too long"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Mariah Taylor for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A growing number of Americans cannot access primary care when it is needed, so they turn to urgent care and telehealth to fill the gaps \u2014 but some experts worry they may stop seeking care entirely, Medscape reported April 29.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/care-coordination\/where-patients-go-when-primary-care-waits-are-too-long.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/care-coordination\/where-patients-go-when-primary-care-waits-are-too-long.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" class=\"wp-image-7802\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hospital-emergency-room-medical-medicare.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hospital-emergency-room-medical-medicare.jpg 700w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hospital-emergency-room-medical-medicare-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Mariah Taylor for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) A growing number of Americans cannot access primary care when it is needed,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,12,1175,33],"tags":[385,238,101,103,814],"class_list":["post-22781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-health-care-general","category-primary-care","category-telehealth","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-finance","tag-primary-care","tag-telehealth","tag-urgent-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22781","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=22781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22782,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22781\/revisions\/22782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}