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Home Research Research Library Declining numbers of family physicians are caring for children Declining numbers of family physicians are caring for children 2012 Author(s) Bazemore, Andrew W, Makaroff, Laura A, Puffer, James C, Parhat, P, Phillips, Robert L, Xierali, Imam M, and Rinaldo, Jason C Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Children & Adolescents, and JABFM Policy Brief Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Despite continued growth of the primary care workforce, profound maldistribution persists among providers available for the care of children. Family physicians (FPs) spend, on average, approximately 10% of their total practice time caring for children; however, given that, among physician specialties, FPs are geographically distributed most evenly across the US population, the self-reported decline in the share of FPs caring for children should be disturbing to policymakers, especially with the looming insurance expansion in 2014. ABFM Research Read all 2025 Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size Go to Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size 2021 Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic Go to Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic 2019 An Oral History Interview With Leon Gross, PhD Go to An Oral History Interview With Leon Gross, PhD 2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality
Author(s) Bazemore, Andrew W, Makaroff, Laura A, Puffer, James C, Parhat, P, Phillips, Robert L, Xierali, Imam M, and Rinaldo, Jason C Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Children & Adolescents, and JABFM Policy Brief Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2025 Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size Go to Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size 2021 Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic Go to Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic 2019 An Oral History Interview With Leon Gross, PhD Go to An Oral History Interview With Leon Gross, PhD 2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality
2025 Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size Go to Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size
2021 Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic Go to Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic
2019 An Oral History Interview With Leon Gross, PhD Go to An Oral History Interview With Leon Gross, PhD
2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality
