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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. ABFM Research Read all 2013 Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines Go to Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines 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 2023 Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice Go to Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice 2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality
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 2013 Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines Go to Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines 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 2023 Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice Go to Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice 2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality
2013 Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines Go to Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines
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
2023 Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice Go to Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice
2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality
