Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline

Author(s)

Tong, Sebastian T, Makaroff, Laura A, Xierali, Imam M, Parhat, P, Puffer, James C, Newton, Warren P, and Bazemore, Andrew W

Topic(s)

What Family Physicians Do

Keyword(s)

Continuing Certification Questionnaire, and Maternity Care

Volume

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Family physicians traditionally have played an integral role in delivering babies as a component of the comprehensive care they provide for women. The proportion of family physicians who report providing any maternity care continues to decrease. This trend is particularly concerning because family physicians are the most widely distributed specialty and are essential to health care access in rural areas.

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