Only 39% of physicians in independent practice now: report
Updated: 2012-12-31 05:00:00
The number of independent physicians will continue to drop, and those who stay independent will
increasingly look to subscription-based payment models to make ends meet, according to a new report.

Construction work in southwest England has uncovered a 2,000-year-old Roman settlement. Demolition work began in October to clear the route ready for the road linking Torbay and Newton Abbot. The quantity and the quality of the finds suggested the people who lived there would have been part of the local ruling elite who were [...]
A hospital which dates back 2,000 years has been found in the ancient city of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka. Archaeological researchers of Sri Lanka have discovered the ruins of an ancient hospital, believed to be about 2,000 years old, in Anuradhapura, the historic capital city of North Central Province. The ruins of the ancient hospital [...]
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Researchers from the University of Kentucky have found a Roman settlement in northern Italy, and evidence of a prehistoric site beneath it. Many years ago, archaeologist and art historian Paolo Visonà, a native of northern Italy and adjunct associate professor of art history in the UK School of Art and Visual Studies at the UK [...]
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