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Home Research Research Library Characteristics of Family Physicians Practicing Collaboratively With Behavioral Health Professionals Characteristics of Family Physicians Practicing Collaboratively With Behavioral Health Professionals 2023 Author(s) Tong, Sebastian T, Morgan, Zachary J, Stephens, Kari A, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Mental Health Care, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine Integrating behavioral health into primary care can improve access to behavioral health and patient health outcomes. We used 2017-2021 American Board of Family Medicine continuing certificate examination registration questionnaire responses to determine the characteristics of family physicians who work collaboratively with behavioral health professionals. With a 100% response rate, 38.8% of 25,222 family physicians reported working collaboratively with behavioral health professionals, with those working in independently owned practices and in the South having substantially lower rates. Future research exploring these differences could help develop strategies to support family physicians implement integrated behavioral health to improve care for patients in these communities. ABFM Research Read all 2013 The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform Go to The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform 2025 The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care Go to The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care 2024 Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations Go to Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations 2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives
Author(s) Tong, Sebastian T, Morgan, Zachary J, Stephens, Kari A, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Mental Health Care, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2013 The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform Go to The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform 2025 The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care Go to The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care 2024 Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations Go to Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations 2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives
2013 The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform Go to The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform
2025 The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care Go to The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care
2024 Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations Go to Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations
2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives
