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 32(3):295-296 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 2026 Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care Go to Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care 2022 The Association of Practice Type and the Scope of Care of Family Physicians Go to The Association of Practice Type and the Scope of Care of Family Physicians 2024 Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries Go to Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries 2021 Mobility and social deprivation on primary care utilisation among paediatric patients with asthma Go to Mobility and social deprivation on primary care utilisation among paediatric patients with asthma
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 32(3):295-296 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2026 Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care Go to Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care 2022 The Association of Practice Type and the Scope of Care of Family Physicians Go to The Association of Practice Type and the Scope of Care of Family Physicians 2024 Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries Go to Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries 2021 Mobility and social deprivation on primary care utilisation among paediatric patients with asthma Go to Mobility and social deprivation on primary care utilisation among paediatric patients with asthma
2026 Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care Go to Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care
2022 The Association of Practice Type and the Scope of Care of Family Physicians Go to The Association of Practice Type and the Scope of Care of Family Physicians
2024 Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries Go to Retaining the perinatal care workforce: Lessons learned from experienced physicians who no longer attend deliveries
2021 Mobility and social deprivation on primary care utilisation among paediatric patients with asthma Go to Mobility and social deprivation on primary care utilisation among paediatric patients with asthma
