family practice
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Controversial plans that would have meant patients would be allocated a dentist for each check-up, rather than staying with a family practice, have been dropped.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
Reddy’s family practice is participating in a one-year demonstration project launched in January intended to reduce that burden by having multiple insurers work together in one payment plan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025
By opting to be more open about his health struggles, Charles has diverged from long family practice.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
In a survey of 216 rural hospitals in 10 states, family practice doctors delivered babies in 67% of the hospitals, and at 27% of the hospitals they were the only ones who delivered babies.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2024
The family practice was to transact all private consultations in the morning, and to assemble round the work-table or piano after tea.
From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet
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