research Performance Evaluation of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT-4) on the Family Medicine In-Training Examination Read Performance Evaluation of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT-4) on the Family Medicine In-Training Examination
Beyond the Clinic Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals Read Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals
Phoenix Newsletter - March 2025 President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty Read President’s Message: ABFM’s Unwavering Commitment to Diplomates and the Specialty
Home Research Research Library Comparing Comprehensiveness in Primary Care Specialties and Their Effects on Healthcare Costs and Hospitalizations in Medicare Beneficiaries Comparing Comprehensiveness in Primary Care Specialties and Their Effects on Healthcare Costs and Hospitalizations in Medicare Beneficiaries 2019 Author(s) Henry, Tracey L, Petterson, Stephen M, Phillips, Russell S, Phillips, Robert L, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Medicare, and Urgent / Emergent Care Volume Journal of General Internal Medicine Source Journal of General Internal Medicine Four essential features of primary care, identified by Barbara Starfield, include the following: first contact, continuity, coordination, and comprehensiveness.1 Comprehensiveness, defined as offering a “range of services broad enough to care for all health needs except those too uncommon to maintain competence,” includes meeting the large majority of each patient’s physical and mental healthcare needs.1 However, while comprehensiveness is thought to be in decline among primary care physicians (PCPs), little has been done to capture its value in policy-relevant terms such as cost and quality, important in this era of value-based purchasing.2 A recent study developed and tested a measure of comprehensiveness among family physicians revealed a modest association with lower healthcare utilization and costs among Medicare patients.3 This paper extends this work by comparing family physicians and general internists in comprehensiveness and its impact on similar outcomes. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2015 Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance Go to Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance 2015 Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? Go to Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? 2022 Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity Go to Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity 2021 Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care? Go to Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care?
Author(s) Henry, Tracey L, Petterson, Stephen M, Phillips, Russell S, Phillips, Robert L, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Medicare, and Urgent / Emergent Care Volume Journal of General Internal Medicine Source Journal of General Internal Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2015 Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance Go to Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance 2015 Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? Go to Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? 2022 Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity Go to Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity 2021 Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care? Go to Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care?
2015 Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance Go to Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance
2015 Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? Go to Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty?
2022 Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity Go to Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity
2021 Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care? Go to Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care?
