Home Research Research Library Self-Reported Panel Size Among Family Physicians Declined by Over 25% Over a Decade (2013-2022) Self-Reported Panel Size Among Family Physicians Declined by Over 25% Over a Decade (2013-2022) 2024 Author(s) Bazemore, Andrew W, Morgan, Zachary J, and Grumbach, Kevin Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Quality Of Care, and Teams Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Underinvestment in primary care and erosion of the primary care physician workforce are resulting in patients across the US experiencing growing difficulty in obtaining access to primary care. Compounding this access problem, we find that the average patient panel size among US family physicians may have decreased by 25% over the past decade (2013 to 2022). Reversing the decline in access to primary care in the face of decreasing panel sizes requires both better supporting family physicians to manage larger panels, such as by expanding primary care teams, and substantially increasing the supply of family physicians. ABFM Research Read all 2018 Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada Go to Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada 2021 Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign Go to Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign 2016 Care Coordination and Population Management Services Are More Prevalent in Large Practices and Patient-centered Medical Homes Go to Care Coordination and Population Management Services Are More Prevalent in Large Practices and Patient-centered Medical Homes 2024 Policy Briefs With Personality: How to Innovatively Disseminate Evidence for Advocacy Go to Policy Briefs With Personality: How to Innovatively Disseminate Evidence for Advocacy
Author(s) Bazemore, Andrew W, Morgan, Zachary J, and Grumbach, Kevin Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Quality Of Care, and Teams Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2018 Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada Go to Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada 2021 Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign Go to Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign 2016 Care Coordination and Population Management Services Are More Prevalent in Large Practices and Patient-centered Medical Homes Go to Care Coordination and Population Management Services Are More Prevalent in Large Practices and Patient-centered Medical Homes 2024 Policy Briefs With Personality: How to Innovatively Disseminate Evidence for Advocacy Go to Policy Briefs With Personality: How to Innovatively Disseminate Evidence for Advocacy
2018 Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada Go to Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada
2021 Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign Go to Sailing the 7C’s: Starfield Revisited as a Foundation of Family Medicine Residency Redesign
2016 Care Coordination and Population Management Services Are More Prevalent in Large Practices and Patient-centered Medical Homes Go to Care Coordination and Population Management Services Are More Prevalent in Large Practices and Patient-centered Medical Homes
2024 Policy Briefs With Personality: How to Innovatively Disseminate Evidence for Advocacy Go to Policy Briefs With Personality: How to Innovatively Disseminate Evidence for Advocacy
