I participated in community assessment meetings conducted by Lake County Public Health this past year. As the group discussed the need for more primary care providers it was reported that a number of specialist (plastics, psychiatry, rhumatology,urology and gyn) had opened and closed their practices near the Villages in the past few years. The conclusion was that sustainable practices were difficult because of the number of snowbirds that get their care "up north" . It was also felt there was an overstaturation of certain specialties in this market.
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