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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. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2022 Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives Go to Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives 2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality 2019 Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce Go to Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce 2016 Shifting Patterns of Physician Home Visits Go to Shifting Patterns of Physician Home Visits
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 2022 Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives Go to Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives 2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality 2019 Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce Go to Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce 2016 Shifting Patterns of Physician Home Visits Go to Shifting Patterns of Physician Home Visits
2022 Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives Go to Barriers to care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: family physician perspectives
2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality
2019 Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce Go to Opportunities and Barriers for Family Physician Contribution to the Maternity Care Workforce
