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Home Research Research Library Creating the Individual Scope of Practice (I-SOP) scale Creating the Individual Scope of Practice (I-SOP) scale 2014 Author(s) O’Neill, Thomas R, Peabody, Michael R, Blackburn, Brenna E, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, and Psychometrics Volume Journal of Applied Measurement Research indicates that the scope of practice for primary care physicians has been shrinking (Tong, Makaroff, Xierali, Parhat, Puffer, Newton, et al., 2012; Xierali, Puffer, Tong, Bazemore, and Green, 2012; and Bazemore, Makaroff, Puffer, Parhat, Phillips, Xierali, et al., 2012) despite research showing that areas with robust primary care services have better population health outcomes at lower costs (Starfield, Shi, and Macinko, 2005). Examining issues related to the scope of practice for primary care physicians has wide-ranging implications for both patient health outcomes and related healthcare costs. This article describes the development and use of a scale intended to measure the breath of the individual physician’s scope of practice using 22 self-reported, dichotomous indicators obtained from a physician survey. ABFM Research Read all 2019 Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs Go to Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs 2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health 2025 Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study Go to Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study 2020 Practice Predictors of Buprenorphine Prescribing by Family Physicians Go to Practice Predictors of Buprenorphine Prescribing by Family Physicians
Author(s) O’Neill, Thomas R, Peabody, Michael R, Blackburn, Brenna E, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, and Psychometrics Volume Journal of Applied Measurement
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs Go to Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs 2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health 2025 Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study Go to Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study 2020 Practice Predictors of Buprenorphine Prescribing by Family Physicians Go to Practice Predictors of Buprenorphine Prescribing by Family Physicians
2019 Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs Go to Palliative Care Champions Are a Promising Solution to Meeting Patient Needs
2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health
2025 Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study Go to Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study
2020 Practice Predictors of Buprenorphine Prescribing by Family Physicians Go to Practice Predictors of Buprenorphine Prescribing by Family Physicians