Home Research Research Library Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? Family physician geriatricians do mostly geriatric care: is this a problem for our specialty? 2015 Author(s) Brummel-Smith, K Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Geriatric Care, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine In this issue, Peterson et al1 report that the majority of family physicians with Certificates of Added Qualifications (CAQs) in Geriatrics self-report practicing primarily geriatrics. Almost 40% of those surveyed reported spending >80% of their time devoted to geriatric patients. Another 20% reported spending 60% to 80% of their time with older patients. These figures raise many more questions than are answered by the data. Are these percentages different from the amount of time family physicians with other types of CAQs spend in their practices? Are family physician geriatricians a different “breed” than those who practice across a broader age spectrum? How is the “silver tsunami” affecting decisions of physicians with geriatric CAQs regarding the allocation of time within their practice? Could it be that many family physician geriatricians are simply getting older and seeing their practice age with them? Perhaps most controversial is whether this degree of “specialization” is inherently harmful to the discipline of family medicine. ABFM Research Read all 2020 Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients Go to Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients 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 2018 Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians Go to Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022
Author(s) Brummel-Smith, K Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Geriatric Care, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2020 Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients Go to Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients 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 2018 Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians Go to Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022
2020 Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients Go to Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients
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
2018 Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians Go to Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians
2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022
