Home Research Research Library Early Career Family Physicians Continue to Provide Maternity Care and Deliver Babies Early Career Family Physicians Continue to Provide Maternity Care and Deliver Babies 2026 Author(s) Petty, Aerial, Barr, Wendy Brooks, Morgan, Zachary J, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals, Role of Primary Care, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Maternity Care Volume 39(1) Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine While the proportion of all family physicians (FPs) delivering babies has declined, the proportion of early career FPs delivering babies declined at a much slower rate between 2016 and 2023 from 13.1% to 10.2%, and the proportion providing maternity care over this period has slightly increased from 25.0% to 28.9%. As maternal mortality rises, supporting FPs in maternity care is crucial for workforce sustainability and health equity. ABFM Research Read all 2013 Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions Go to Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions 2025 Scope of Practice Intentions Among Family Medicine Residents for Integrated Care of HIV and Hepatitis C Infection in People With Opioid Use Disorder Go to Scope of Practice Intentions Among Family Medicine Residents for Integrated Care of HIV and Hepatitis C Infection in People With Opioid Use Disorder 2016 Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care Go to Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care 2023 Healthcare Workforce Implications of Physician Student Loan Repayment Funding Go to Healthcare Workforce Implications of Physician Student Loan Repayment Funding
Author(s) Petty, Aerial, Barr, Wendy Brooks, Morgan, Zachary J, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals, Role of Primary Care, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Maternity Care Volume 39(1) Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2013 Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions Go to Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions 2025 Scope of Practice Intentions Among Family Medicine Residents for Integrated Care of HIV and Hepatitis C Infection in People With Opioid Use Disorder Go to Scope of Practice Intentions Among Family Medicine Residents for Integrated Care of HIV and Hepatitis C Infection in People With Opioid Use Disorder 2016 Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care Go to Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care 2023 Healthcare Workforce Implications of Physician Student Loan Repayment Funding Go to Healthcare Workforce Implications of Physician Student Loan Repayment Funding
2013 Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions Go to Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions
2025 Scope of Practice Intentions Among Family Medicine Residents for Integrated Care of HIV and Hepatitis C Infection in People With Opioid Use Disorder Go to Scope of Practice Intentions Among Family Medicine Residents for Integrated Care of HIV and Hepatitis C Infection in People With Opioid Use Disorder
2016 Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care Go to Maintenance of Certification, Medicare Quality Reporting, and Quality of Diabetes Care
2023 Healthcare Workforce Implications of Physician Student Loan Repayment Funding Go to Healthcare Workforce Implications of Physician Student Loan Repayment Funding
