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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 2014 Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model Go to Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model 2018 Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. Go to Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. 2025 The Association Between Residency Characteristics and Graduates Caring for Children: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Go to The Association Between Residency Characteristics and Graduates Caring for Children: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project 2020 Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out? Go to Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out?
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 2014 Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model Go to Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model 2018 Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. Go to Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. 2025 The Association Between Residency Characteristics and Graduates Caring for Children: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Go to The Association Between Residency Characteristics and Graduates Caring for Children: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project 2020 Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out? Go to Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out?
2014 Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model Go to Improving quality of care for diabetes through a maintenance of certification activity: family physicians’ use of the chronic care model
2018 Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. Go to Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings.
2025 The Association Between Residency Characteristics and Graduates Caring for Children: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Go to The Association Between Residency Characteristics and Graduates Caring for Children: A Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project
2020 Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out? Go to Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out?
