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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 2024 Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care Go to Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care 2022 Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives Go to Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives 2019 Prevalence and Practice for Rare Diseases in Primary Care: a National Cross-Sectional Study in the USA Go to Prevalence and Practice for Rare Diseases in Primary Care: a National Cross-Sectional Study in the USA 2019 Family Physicians’ Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care Go to Family Physicians’ Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care
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 2024 Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care Go to Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care 2022 Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives Go to Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives 2019 Prevalence and Practice for Rare Diseases in Primary Care: a National Cross-Sectional Study in the USA Go to Prevalence and Practice for Rare Diseases in Primary Care: a National Cross-Sectional Study in the USA 2019 Family Physicians’ Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care Go to Family Physicians’ Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care
2024 Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care Go to Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care
2022 Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives Go to Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives
2019 Prevalence and Practice for Rare Diseases in Primary Care: a National Cross-Sectional Study in the USA Go to Prevalence and Practice for Rare Diseases in Primary Care: a National Cross-Sectional Study in the USA
2019 Family Physicians’ Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care Go to Family Physicians’ Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care
