Home Research Research Library Proportion of Family Physicians Caring for Children is Declining Proportion of Family Physicians Caring for Children is Declining 2020 Author(s) Eden, Aimee R, Morgan, Zachary J, Jetty, Anuradha, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Children & Adolescents, Continuing Certification Questionnaire, JABFM Policy Brief, Population Health, Rural, and Shortage Areas Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Using data from 2014 to 2018, we found that the proportion of family physicians caring for children under age 5 years and between ages 5 and 18 years has significantly declined. This has implications for the pediatric primary care workforce and may exacerbate inequities in access to care for pediatric patients in all geographies, particularly those in areas with a shortage of pediatricians. ABFM Research Read all 2014 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. 2017 Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration Go to Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration 2026 Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care Go to Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care 2018 Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians
Author(s) Eden, Aimee R, Morgan, Zachary J, Jetty, Anuradha, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Children & Adolescents, Continuing Certification Questionnaire, JABFM Policy Brief, Population Health, Rural, and Shortage Areas Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2014 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. 2017 Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration Go to Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration 2026 Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care Go to Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care 2018 Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians
2014 A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States. Go to A Retrospective Analysis of the Relationship between Medical Student Debt and Primary Care Practice in the United States.
2017 Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration Go to Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration
2026 Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care Go to Fuelling prevention: federal levers to integrate nutrition into primary care
2018 Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians
