Long-term care is not easy to define. The boundaries between primary and acute and
long-term care have become blurred.
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It is not surprising, therefore, that there is no consensus on the extent to which
physicians are, and should be, involved in long-term care delivery. The purpose of
this article is to explore the current and potential role of physicians in long-term
care and the challenges to their involvement, to identify models of successful physician
engagement in long-term care settings, and to suggest strategies that should be explored
to increase appropriate physician participation in the long-term care system to help
adequately meet the demand for quality services in our aging society.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Footnotes
Based on the Consensus Conference on Physician Practice in Long-Term Care in Rochester, NY, April 2, 2004.
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