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Home Research Research Library The Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care The Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care 2019 Author(s) Jetty, Anuradha, Jabbarpour, Yalda, Petterson, Stephen M, Eden, Aimee R, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) JABFM Policy Brief Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Despite training to provide care across the continuum of health delivery settings, the proportion of family physicians (FPs) reporting inpatient care has decreased by 26% between 2013 and 2017, leaving approximately 1 in 4 of FPs practicing hospital medicine in 2017. Policy makers, payers, and leaders in medical education should closely track the impact of these trends, given previous evidence associating better cost and utilization outcomes with broader scope of practice. ABFM Research Read all 2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality 2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings 2017 Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration Go to Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration 2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale
Author(s) Jetty, Anuradha, Jabbarpour, Yalda, Petterson, Stephen M, Eden, Aimee R, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) JABFM Policy Brief Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality 2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings 2017 Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration Go to Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration 2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale
2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality
2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings
2017 Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration Go to Preserving Primary Care Robustness Despite Increasing Health System Integration
2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale
