MedPage Today -- Older patients account for a majority of physician office visits, which increasingly involve specialists who treat chronic conditions, according to government statistics. Patients 45 and older made 57% of all physician office visits in 2008, compared with 49% in 1998. Medical and surgical specialists accounted for 55% of office visits among patients 65 and older and 48% of visits among patients ages 45 to 64.
