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Home Research Research Library Family Physicians’ Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care Family Physicians’ Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care 2019 Author(s) Peterson, Lars E, Puffer, James C, Nasim, Urooj, Petterson, Stephen M, and Newton, Warren P Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Initial Certification Questionnaire, JABFM Policy Brief, Rural, and Urgent / Emergent Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Using 2017 data, we demonstrate a sharp increase in the proportion of family physicians (FPs) working primarily in rural emergency departments and increasing numbers of FPs working in urgent care centers. Despite growth in emergency medicine–trained physicians, FPs are likely to continue to be the backbone of emergency care in rural America. ABFM Research Read all 2013 The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform Go to The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform 2012 Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline Go to Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline 2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings 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
Author(s) Peterson, Lars E, Puffer, James C, Nasim, Urooj, Petterson, Stephen M, and Newton, Warren P Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Initial Certification Questionnaire, JABFM Policy Brief, Rural, and Urgent / Emergent Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2013 The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform Go to The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform 2012 Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline Go to Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline 2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings 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
2013 The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform Go to The role of family physicians in mental health care delivery in the United States: implications for health reform
2012 Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline Go to Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline
2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings
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
