Chatterton H T, Clapp N E, Gehlbach S H
J Fam Pract. 1982 May;14(5):893-7.
The theoretical model of family practice is one of primary, comprehensive, and continuous care to families. This model is not yet fully documented. In a test of a model's reality, 130 regular users of an academic family practice were surveyed. Eighty-two (63 percent) identified the practice as their usual source of care. Projected use of the practice within this subset ranged from 100 percent for general health examination to 20 percent for marital/sexual problems. Only 35 percent of the other 156 members of these 82 patients' households were said to use the practices as their usual source of care. To the extent that these findings can be generalized to other settings, it can be concluded that the health care utilization patterns of family medicine patients and their immediate family members fall short of specialty's expectations.
家庭医疗的理论模式是为家庭提供初级、全面且持续的护理。该模式尚未得到充分记录。在对一种模式实际情况的测试中，对130名学术性家庭医疗的常规使用者进行了调查。八十二人（63%）将该医疗机构视为其通常的医疗服务来源。在这一子集中，预计该医疗机构的服务使用比例从一般健康检查的100%到婚姻/性问题的20%不等。在这82名患者家庭的其他156名成员中，据说只有35%的人将该医疗机构作为其通常的医疗服务来源。就这些发现能够推广到其他情况的程度而言，可以得出结论，家庭医学患者及其直系亲属的医疗保健利用模式未达到该专业的期望。
