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Home Research Research Library Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages 2022 Author(s) Eden, Aimee R, Bazemore, Andrew W, Morgan, Zachary J, and Jabbarpour, Yalda Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Quality Of Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine The proportion of family physicians reporting provision of patient care in Spanish changed little between 2013 to 2020 but rose substantially for care delivered in other non-English languages. Physician-patient language concordance is associated with better clinical outcomes and higher patient satisfaction, serves as a proxy indicator for workforce diversity, and should be monitored and encouraged as the US population continues to diversify. ABFM Research Read all 2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale 2018 Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations Go to Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations 2019 Experience of Family Physicians in Practice Transformation Networks Go to Experience of Family Physicians in Practice Transformation Networks 2020 Family Leave for Family Residency Residents: Time for a Way Forward, from ABFM & AFMRD Go to Family Leave for Family Residency Residents: Time for a Way Forward, from ABFM & AFMRD
Author(s) Eden, Aimee R, Bazemore, Andrew W, Morgan, Zachary J, and Jabbarpour, Yalda Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Quality Of Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale 2018 Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations Go to Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations 2019 Experience of Family Physicians in Practice Transformation Networks Go to Experience of Family Physicians in Practice Transformation Networks 2020 Family Leave for Family Residency Residents: Time for a Way Forward, from ABFM & AFMRD Go to Family Leave for Family Residency Residents: Time for a Way Forward, from ABFM & AFMRD
2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale
2018 Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations Go to Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations
2019 Experience of Family Physicians in Practice Transformation Networks Go to Experience of Family Physicians in Practice Transformation Networks
2020 Family Leave for Family Residency Residents: Time for a Way Forward, from ABFM & AFMRD Go to Family Leave for Family Residency Residents: Time for a Way Forward, from ABFM & AFMRD
