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Conventional Medicine
Providers: The most common licensed providers
of conventional medicine, which includes interventions
taught widely in medical schools and generally available
in U.S. hospitals, are physicians, dentists and nurses.
Other such providers include psychologists, podiatrists,
optometrists, osteopaths, pharmacists, physical therapists,
and dental hygienists.
Physicians: There were 3,844 licensed
physicians in Hawai'i in 2006.1 With 3.0 active2,3
physicians per 1,000 resident population, Hawai'i has
more physicians per capita than the nation overall (2.6
physicians per 1,000 population). Hawai'i ranks 8th among
states in physicians per capita.3
Primary Care Physicians: Primary care
physicians, or PCPs, provide a full range of basic health
services to their patients. They include general practitioners,
pediatricians, obstetrician/gynecologists, family practice
physicians, and internists. Most health maintenance organizations
(HMOs) require each enrollee to select a PCP who provides
or arranges for appropriate care. Forty-two (42) percent of
active physicians in Hawai'i are PCPs, slightly more than
the U.S. percentage of 36. Hawai'i ranks 12th in the percentage
of active physicians that are primary care physicians.5
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