Showing posts with label doctor house calls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label doctor house calls. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

History of Modern-day Doctor House Calls

At the start of 1970’s, doctors began seeing many patients daily, having the patients come to their clinics instead of doctors going around the neighborhood, checking on one patient at one place and time. This way, doctors are given more time in actually treating the patients rather than in travelling from one village to another. This practice has also reduced government’s expenses in doctor transportation costs.

In spite of hospitals’ popularity, doctor house calls history doesn’t end there. The need for doctor house calls, as always, has still been present. Majority of people have gone to the hospitals and clinics for their medical needs while the few who needed special medical attention still benefited from house calls.

At the start of the 21st century however, doctor house calls have begun to revive its popularity. Journal of the American Medical Association reported that medical house calls have increased by 40% among Medicare beneficiaries percent from 1998 to 2004.
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Monday, December 6, 2010

The Birth of Doctor House Calls

Doctor house calls have probably been around as early as the first people formed communities, got into accidents and developed diseases. In Europe and the United States, doctor house calls history stretch back to the earliest medical practice. Even before the professionalization of doctors, early midwives and doctors go from house to house tending the sick and helping future mothers on labor. In the bygone era, professional doctors had been giving medical care services to clients, carrying with them their handy tools for common ailments and accidents, even for surgeries.

The practice of doctor house calls had been popularly practiced until the end of the 19th century. This time, many hospitals have started to operate and health insurance was introduced. Different means of transportation have also been developed and improved. Since people could then move from one place to the other without as much difficulty as before, hospitals became a fixed venue for check-ups, treatment and health care services to most people.
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