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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. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2014 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. 2025 Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians Go to Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians 2019 Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas Go to Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas 2021 Role of social deprivation on asthma care quality among a cohort of children in US community health centres Go to Role of social deprivation on asthma care quality among a cohort of children in US community health centres
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 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. 2025 Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians Go to Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians 2019 Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas Go to Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas 2021 Role of social deprivation on asthma care quality among a cohort of children in US community health centres Go to Role of social deprivation on asthma care quality among a cohort of children in US community health centres
2014 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States.
2025 Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians Go to Regional Variation in Scope of Practice by Family Physicians
2019 Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas Go to Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas
2021 Role of social deprivation on asthma care quality among a cohort of children in US community health centres Go to Role of social deprivation on asthma care quality among a cohort of children in US community health centres