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Home Research Research Library Effectiveness over efficiency: underestimating the primary care physician shortage Effectiveness over efficiency: underestimating the primary care physician shortage 2014 Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Practice Innovations, and Teams Volume Medical Care Source Medical Care Interest in improving health care outcomes requires increasing the effectiveness of primary care. Focus on effectiveness is leading many innovative health systems to shrink primary care patient panels to strengthen relationships, and to enhance primary care teams to increase comprehensiveness. Such strategies would make primary care shortages worse than predicted, and are compounded by substantial declines in clinicians of all types choosing primary care careers. Severe primary care shortages beg for efficiency, but emphasizing efficiency at the expense of effectiveness threatens achieving the Triple Aim for health care. We cannot avoid the hard work of repairing our clinician training pipeline for primary care. ABFM Research Read all 2022 Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study Go to Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study 2021 Lower Likelihood of Burnout Among Family Physicians From Underrepresented Racial-Ethnic Groups Go to Lower Likelihood of Burnout Among Family Physicians From Underrepresented Racial-Ethnic Groups 2019 Primary Care Research Priorities in Low-and Middle-Income Countries Go to Primary Care Research Priorities in Low-and Middle-Income Countries 1990 Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination Go to Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination
Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Practice Innovations, and Teams Volume Medical Care Source Medical Care
ABFM Research Read all 2022 Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study Go to Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study 2021 Lower Likelihood of Burnout Among Family Physicians From Underrepresented Racial-Ethnic Groups Go to Lower Likelihood of Burnout Among Family Physicians From Underrepresented Racial-Ethnic Groups 2019 Primary Care Research Priorities in Low-and Middle-Income Countries Go to Primary Care Research Priorities in Low-and Middle-Income Countries 1990 Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination Go to Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination
2022 Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study Go to Physicians’ Choice of Board Certification Activity Is Unaffected by Baseline Quality of Care: The TRADEMaRQ Study
2021 Lower Likelihood of Burnout Among Family Physicians From Underrepresented Racial-Ethnic Groups Go to Lower Likelihood of Burnout Among Family Physicians From Underrepresented Racial-Ethnic Groups
2019 Primary Care Research Priorities in Low-and Middle-Income Countries Go to Primary Care Research Priorities in Low-and Middle-Income Countries
1990 Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination Go to Predictive validity of the American Board of Family Practice In-Training Examination
