One in Fifteen Family Physicians Principally provide Emergency or Urgent Care.

Author(s)

Petterson, Stephen M, Peterson, Lars E, Phillips, Robert L, Moore, M, Finnegan, Sean C, Coffman, Megan, and Bazemore, Andrew W

Topic(s)

Role of Primary Care, and What Family Physicians Do

Keyword(s)

Urgent / Emergent Care

Volume

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

A small but nontrivial proportion of US family physicians devote most of their time providing emergency or urgent care. With considerable attention focused on expanding access to primary care, it is important to account for providers principally working outside of traditional primary care.

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