> in the wealthy and wonderful US of A, there are vast areas where there are no general practitioner doctors on call, If by that you mean doctors who make home

> in the wealthy and wonderful US of A, there are vast areas where there are no general practitioner doctors on call, If by that you mean doctors who make home visits then I have news for you: there are entire western countries where doctors do not make house calls. In Norway you are expected to to make an appointment to visit your GP, or make your own way to an outpatient clinic (legevakt) or the accident and emergency department at a hospital. If you can't do any of that you are expected to call an ambulance. I haven't heard of GPs making home visits in the UK either in recent and not so recent decades.