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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 2018 Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice Go to Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice 2023 Foundational Collective Actions for Achieving Agile High-Quality Primary Care in the United States Go to Foundational Collective Actions for Achieving Agile High-Quality Primary Care in the United States 2015 Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net Go to Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net 2013 A needs-based method for estimating the behavioral health staff needs of community health centers Go to A needs-based method for estimating the behavioral health staff needs of community health centers
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 2018 Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice Go to Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice 2023 Foundational Collective Actions for Achieving Agile High-Quality Primary Care in the United States Go to Foundational Collective Actions for Achieving Agile High-Quality Primary Care in the United States 2015 Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net Go to Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net 2013 A needs-based method for estimating the behavioral health staff needs of community health centers Go to A needs-based method for estimating the behavioral health staff needs of community health centers
2018 Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice Go to Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice
2023 Foundational Collective Actions for Achieving Agile High-Quality Primary Care in the United States Go to Foundational Collective Actions for Achieving Agile High-Quality Primary Care in the United States
2015 Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net Go to Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net
2013 A needs-based method for estimating the behavioral health staff needs of community health centers Go to A needs-based method for estimating the behavioral health staff needs of community health centers
