Racial/Ethnic Minority Identifying Family Physicians Are More Likely to Work in Solo Practices

Author(s)

Tong, Sebastian T, Jetty, Anuradha, Liaw, Winston R, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Jabbarpour, Yalda

Topic(s)

Achieving Health System Goals, and Role of Primary Care

Keyword(s)

Quality Of Care

Volume

36(2):380-381

While the overall proportion of family physicians who work in solo practices has been steadily declining, Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian family physicians are more likely to work in these settings. Given their association with high levels of continuity and improved health outcomes, and given patient preference for racial concordance with their physicians, policy makers and payors should consider how to support family physicians in solo practice in the interest of promoting access to and quality of care for ethnic/racial minorities.
 

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