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Doctors Without Patients: ‘Our Waiting Rooms Are Like Ghost Towns’

on Tue, 2020-05-05 15:30   spadre
As visits plummet because of the coronavirus, small physician practices are struggling to survive.

While there are no hard numbers, there are signs that many small [primary care practices] are barely hanging on. Across the country, only half of primary care doctor practices say they have enough cash to stay open for the next four weeks, according to one study, and many are already laying off or furloughing workers...

Story Date: 
May 5, 2020
News Author: 
Reed Abelson
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Source URL: https://www.pcpcc.org/2020/05/05/doctors-without-patients-%E2%80%98our-waiting-rooms-are-ghost-towns%E2%80%99

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[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/health/primary-doctors-coronavirus.html