Before World War II, about 40 percent of all doctor-patient encounters were house calls. Today, the proportion has dwindled to less than 1 percent. The major reason, not surprisingly, is money: Traveling to patients’ homes is inefficient and almost never profitable for doctors or hospitals. But I believe that if we revived the house call, the overall savings to the health care system, not to mention the impact on patient care, would be enormous.
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