Home Research Research Library Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines 2013 Author(s) Makaroff, Laura A, Green, Larry A, Petterson, Stephen M, Puffer, James C, Phillips, Robert L, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Shortage Areas, and Supply / Projections Volume American Family Physician Source American Family Physician Nested within a 40-year trend of specialty-to-population growth outpacing that of primary care is variability in the rate of expansion within the different primary care disciplines.1 With continued population aging trends, low annual birth rate, and expected health insurance expansion, it is vital that physician workforce policy be aimed at meeting population needs to deliver optimal primary care. Family medicine, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics comprise the majority of the primary care physician workforce in the United States. To better understand trends in the primary care physician workforce, we have examined the growth of family physicians, general pediatricians, and general internists providing direct patient care. ABFM Research Read all 2019 Patient and Clinician Perceptions of Prediabetes: A Mixed-Methods Primary Care Study Go to Patient and Clinician Perceptions of Prediabetes: A Mixed-Methods Primary Care Study 1990 American Board of Family Practice statistics Go to American Board of Family Practice statistics 2026 Turnover and Burnout Among Family Physicians Go to Turnover and Burnout Among Family Physicians 2022 Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: To What End? Go to Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: To What End?
Author(s) Makaroff, Laura A, Green, Larry A, Petterson, Stephen M, Puffer, James C, Phillips, Robert L, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Shortage Areas, and Supply / Projections Volume American Family Physician Source American Family Physician
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Patient and Clinician Perceptions of Prediabetes: A Mixed-Methods Primary Care Study Go to Patient and Clinician Perceptions of Prediabetes: A Mixed-Methods Primary Care Study 1990 American Board of Family Practice statistics Go to American Board of Family Practice statistics 2026 Turnover and Burnout Among Family Physicians Go to Turnover and Burnout Among Family Physicians 2022 Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: To What End? Go to Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: To What End?
2019 Patient and Clinician Perceptions of Prediabetes: A Mixed-Methods Primary Care Study Go to Patient and Clinician Perceptions of Prediabetes: A Mixed-Methods Primary Care Study
2022 Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: To What End? Go to Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: To What End?
