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 2023 Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce Go to Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce 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 2017 Training Family Medicine Residents to Perform Home Visits: A CERA Survey Go to Training Family Medicine Residents to Perform Home Visits: A CERA Survey 2020 Improving Performance Improvement Go to Improving Performance Improvement
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 2023 Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce Go to Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce 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 2017 Training Family Medicine Residents to Perform Home Visits: A CERA Survey Go to Training Family Medicine Residents to Perform Home Visits: A CERA Survey 2020 Improving Performance Improvement Go to Improving Performance Improvement
2023 Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce Go to Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce
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
2017 Training Family Medicine Residents to Perform Home Visits: A CERA Survey Go to Training Family Medicine Residents to Perform Home Visits: A CERA Survey
