Home Research Research Library Solo practitioners remain important contributors to primary care Solo practitioners remain important contributors to primary care 2015 Author(s) Peikes, D N, and Dale, S B Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Policy Brief Commentaries, and Practice Organization / Ownership Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Peterson et al1 raise important issues about the decline in the proportion of solo practitioners in primary care and whether it will have a detrimental effect on access to care in rural areas. They use practice organization data provided by family physicians who took the American Board of Family Medicine’s recertification examination in 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, and 2013 to track the proportion of family physicians in solo practice. The reported percentage was 13.9% in 1993, stayed approximately 16% from 1998 to 2008, and then decreased significantly to 11.0% in 2013 (P < .01). ABFM Research Read all 2025 Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size Go to Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size 2022 Relationship Between Physician Burnout And The Quality And Cost Of Care For Medicare Beneficiaries Is Complex Go to Relationship Between Physician Burnout And The Quality And Cost Of Care For Medicare Beneficiaries Is Complex 2024 Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending Go to Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending 2021 Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Go to Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Author(s) Peikes, D N, and Dale, S B Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Policy Brief Commentaries, and Practice Organization / Ownership Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2025 Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size Go to Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size 2022 Relationship Between Physician Burnout And The Quality And Cost Of Care For Medicare Beneficiaries Is Complex Go to Relationship Between Physician Burnout And The Quality And Cost Of Care For Medicare Beneficiaries Is Complex 2024 Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending Go to Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending 2021 Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Go to Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2025 Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size Go to Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size
2022 Relationship Between Physician Burnout And The Quality And Cost Of Care For Medicare Beneficiaries Is Complex Go to Relationship Between Physician Burnout And The Quality And Cost Of Care For Medicare Beneficiaries Is Complex
2021 Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Go to Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine