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Home Research Research Library Family physicians closing their doors to children: considering the implications Family physicians closing their doors to children: considering the implications 2012 Author(s) Shipman, Scott A Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Children & Adolescents, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Together, general pediatricians and family physicians comprise the core workforce that delivers primary care to children in the United States. Although the supply of general pediatricians has grown dramatically relative to the population of children in the United States in recent decades, the geographic locations of pediatricians remains decidedly maldistributed relative to children in the United States. Family physicians, in contrast, are more equitably distributed relative to the population, and this workforce remains critical for ensuring access to primary care for children. ABFM Research Read all 2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives 2019 Comparing Comprehensiveness in Primary Care Specialties and Their Effects on Healthcare Costs and Hospitalizations in Medicare Beneficiaries Go to Comparing Comprehensiveness in Primary Care Specialties and Their Effects on Healthcare Costs and Hospitalizations in Medicare Beneficiaries 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 2013 Family physicians in the maternity care workforce: factors influencing declining trends Go to Family physicians in the maternity care workforce: factors influencing declining trends
Author(s) Shipman, Scott A Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Children & Adolescents, 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 2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives 2019 Comparing Comprehensiveness in Primary Care Specialties and Their Effects on Healthcare Costs and Hospitalizations in Medicare Beneficiaries Go to Comparing Comprehensiveness in Primary Care Specialties and Their Effects on Healthcare Costs and Hospitalizations in Medicare Beneficiaries 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 2013 Family physicians in the maternity care workforce: factors influencing declining trends Go to Family physicians in the maternity care workforce: factors influencing declining trends
2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives
2019 Comparing Comprehensiveness in Primary Care Specialties and Their Effects on Healthcare Costs and Hospitalizations in Medicare Beneficiaries Go to Comparing Comprehensiveness in Primary Care Specialties and Their Effects on Healthcare Costs and Hospitalizations in Medicare Beneficiaries
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
2013 Family physicians in the maternity care workforce: factors influencing declining trends Go to Family physicians in the maternity care workforce: factors influencing declining trends
