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 25(2):139-140 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 Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians Go to Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians 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 2022 The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care Go to The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health 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
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 25(2):139-140 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2025 Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians Go to Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians 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 2022 The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care Go to The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health 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
2025 Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians Go to Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians
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
2022 The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care Go to The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health 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
