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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 2018 Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians Go to Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians 2017 Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half Go to Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half 2021 Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Go to Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2015 Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable Go to Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable
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 2018 Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians Go to Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians 2017 Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half Go to Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half 2021 Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Go to Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2015 Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable Go to Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable
2018 Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians Go to Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians
2017 Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half Go to Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half
2021 Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Go to Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2015 Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable Go to Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable
