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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 2018 Characteristics of Young Family Physician Hospitalists Go to Characteristics of Young Family Physician Hospitalists 2018 Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians Go to Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians 2015 Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of Practice Go to Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of 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 2018 Characteristics of Young Family Physician Hospitalists Go to Characteristics of Young Family Physician Hospitalists 2018 Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians Go to Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians 2015 Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of Practice Go to Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of Practice 2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality
2018 Characteristics of Young Family Physician Hospitalists Go to Characteristics of Young Family Physician Hospitalists
2018 Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians Go to Potentially Alarming Trends in the Scope of Practice for Family Physicians
2015 Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of Practice Go to Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of Practice
2021 Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality Go to Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality
