Home Research Research Library The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities 2021 Author(s) Tong, Sebastian T, Eden, Aimee R, Morgan, Zachary J, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, JABFM Policy Brief, Maternity Care, Population Health, Rural, Shortage Areas, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Of family physicians who perform cesarean sections, more than half do so in rural communities and 38.6% provide cesarean sections in counties without any obstetrician/gynecologists. As policymakers in the United States struggle with a widening landscape of ‘obstetrical deserts,’ efforts to adequately train a family physician workforce prepared to provide cesarean sections could help maintain access to local obstetric services in rural communities and reduce perinatal morbidity and mortality. ABFM Research Read all 2011 What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition? Go to What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition? 2019 The Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care Go to The Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care 2024 Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations Go to Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations 2017 Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates Go to Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates
Author(s) Tong, Sebastian T, Eden, Aimee R, Morgan, Zachary J, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, JABFM Policy Brief, Maternity Care, Population Health, Rural, Shortage Areas, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2011 What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition? Go to What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition? 2019 The Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care Go to The Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care 2024 Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations Go to Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations 2017 Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates Go to Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates
2011 What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition? Go to What services do family physicians provide in a time of primary care transition?
2019 The Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care Go to The Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care
2024 Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations Go to Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations
2017 Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates Go to Scope of Practice Among Recent Family Medicine Residency Graduates
