Objective To identify the advantages and disadvantages that group practices have on
patients, physicians and healthcare systems. Study design A scoping review was performed …

Introduction Group practices have potential benefits for patients, physicians and healthcare
systems. Although group practices have been around for many years, research in this area …

Background Group clinics are a form of delivering specialist-led care in groups rather than in
individual consultations. Objective To examine the evidence for the use of group clinics for …

Background Since the 1970s, many countries have employed the use of the General
practitioner group practice, but there is contrasting evidence about its effectiveness. A …

Group care models, in which patients with similar health conditions receive medical services
in a shared appointment, have increasingly been adopted in a variety of health care settings …

Methods: This study employed a mixed-method research design (qualitative and quantitative
data collection techniques) through day-long focus groups of primary healthcare …

Physician group practices in the US have grown and changed significantly in terms of health
professional team composition, employment contract types, ownership type, size, and …

The US spends significantly more money as a percentage of GDP on health care than any
other OECD country and more importantly, this amount is anticipated to increase …

Indeed, an overwhelming 86% of respondents agreed that the group-practice model had
enhanced their overall quality of life, according to the survey conducted by the American …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION The increasing complexity of health care and escalating
prevalence of multiple chronic conditions have driven interprofessional team-based care in …