A formal association of three or more physicians, or other health professionals, organized to provide a continuum of broader-based care than is usually provided by a single practitioner. Twenty-four-hour coverage by those within the group, different services, and different specialties may make more services available and management less cumbersome than is possible in larger health care institutions. Income is pooled and redistributed to group members according to previous plans.
In medicine, a medical practice in which two or more physicians share office space, nurses, and sometimes patients.
A formal association of three or more physicians or other health professionals providing services with income from medical practice pooled and redistributed to the members of the group according to some prearranged plan (often, but not necessarily, through partnership). By 1969, 12.8 percent of all physicians in the U.S. were practicing in groups, mostly in groups of one medical specialty, and this number is apparently growing rapidly. Multispecialty groups offer advantages to the patient their ability to provide several kinds of services on an integrated basis. Groups vary a great deal in size, composition and financial arrangements.
A voluntary association of three or more doctors who agree to share common diagnostic and treatment facilities and to divide the income from the group practice in a designated manner. Members of a group practice may represent a single type of medical specialty or two or more different specialties. A dental group practice may consist of three or more dentists who use common facilities and share the income of the practice. The Mayo Clinic, established in the late 19th century, was the first multispecialty group practice in the US. Approximately 20% of all American physicians work in medical group practices.
A working arrangement in which a group of physicians have their offices in the same building and work together.