Primary care doctors are the licensed healthcare professionals who
diagnose and treat individuals, and help them in restoring their
health condition, and thus bring them back to the active life through
reducing the physiological complications and restoring the body
functions. They are the primary point of advice for the patients due
to a number of factors like easy communication, familiarity and the
need of cost management. They may refer the patients to a specialized
care for the further treatment process. They prescribe a particular
diagnosis for the patient and interpret results from it, and thus
they formulate a plan, a medication, therapy, referral to specialist
and follow-up the results of treatment. Primary care doctors are
present in hospitals, private practices, outpatient clinics, home
health agencies, and nursing homes. The activities by the doctors in
the industry includes examining the patient’s history, designing
the technique or management plan, incorporating the results and
providing therapy and education.
Based
on various types of treatment, the Primary care market can be
segmented as follows:
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Family Medicine Doctors: They are board certified to check-up people
of all ages.
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Internal Medicine Doctors: They check-up people above 14 years of
age. They check internal organs of the body and prescribes medicine
for it. Some of them can also provide care for gynecology and
dermatology.
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Gynecologist or Obstetrician: These physicians provide special care
to the women during and after the reproductive phase. Almost all
Gynecologists have specialty in Obstetrics.
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Geriatricians: These physicians have special education to treat
adults over 60. They provide medication management and mental
assessment related falls and other aging issues.
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Pediatricians: There are certified to diagnose and treat children
from newborn through age 21, through a wide range of diseases.
Some
of the major driving factors for the market growth include rising
aging population and increasing prevalence of chronic health
conditions. Due to the federal healthcare reform, there is high rate
of private insurance which made the private healthcare services much
affordable for the U.S. population.
The
key regional markets studied in the report include: North America,
Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of the
World. North America is identified as the leading region in the
primary care doctor market, while Europe is the second-largest
market. A number of favorable reforms recently introduced in the
United States will augur well for the lead that North America
currently has in the primary care doctor market. As more people in
the United States strive to maintain a healthy lifestyle well into
their 70s and 80s, the role of primary care physicians becomes even
more crucial. In 2015, in the United States, about 176,893 primary
care physicians were licensed to practice internal medicine.
Multiple
emerging economies in the Asia Pacific region will contribute heavily
to the creation of a multimillion-dollar primary care doctor market
in the region. However, the primary care doctors market in the Asia
Pacific region will benefit from the relatively affordable level of
care offered by physicians here and the setting up of new medical
infrastructure that will
However,
restraints such as an erosion in the quality of care and
misdistribution will create challenges for the growth of the primary
care doctor market. The report on the primary care doctor market
provides a detailed analysis of the current and projected landscape
of the primary care doctor market globally and for leading national
markets.
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