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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 2012 The impending crisis in the decline of family physicians providing maternity care Go to The impending crisis in the decline of family physicians providing maternity care 2018 Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians Go to Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians 2024 Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries Go to Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries 2018 Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians
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 2012 The impending crisis in the decline of family physicians providing maternity care Go to The impending crisis in the decline of family physicians providing maternity care 2018 Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians Go to Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians 2024 Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries Go to Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries 2018 Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians
2012 The impending crisis in the decline of family physicians providing maternity care Go to The impending crisis in the decline of family physicians providing maternity care
2018 Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians Go to Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians
2024 Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries Go to Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries
2018 Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians
