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Home Research Research Library The percentage of family physicians attending to women’s gender-specific health needs is declining The percentage of family physicians attending to women’s gender-specific health needs is declining 2012 Author(s) Xierali, Imam M, Puffer, James C, Tong, Sebastian T, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Green, Larry A Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) JABFM Policy Brief, Practice Demographic Survey, and Sexual And Reproductive Health Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine As the largest and most widely distributed of primary care physicians, family physicians have an important role in providing women’s health care, especially in rural and underserved areas. The proportion of family physicians who are attending to women is declining. Policy intervention may be needed to help family physicians maintain the comprehensiveness of care necessary to address the wide range of medical problems of women they encounter within their practices. 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 2014 Trends in Family Physicians Performing Deliveries, 2003-2010 Go to Trends in Family Physicians Performing Deliveries, 2003-2010 2019 Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas Go to Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas 2020 Taking a Closer Look at Mental Health Treatment Differences: Effectiveness of Mental Health Treatment by Provider Type in Racial and Ethnic Minorities Go to Taking a Closer Look at Mental Health Treatment Differences: Effectiveness of Mental Health Treatment by Provider Type in Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Author(s) Xierali, Imam M, Puffer, James C, Tong, Sebastian T, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Green, Larry A Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) JABFM Policy Brief, Practice Demographic Survey, and Sexual And Reproductive Health 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 2014 Trends in Family Physicians Performing Deliveries, 2003-2010 Go to Trends in Family Physicians Performing Deliveries, 2003-2010 2019 Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas Go to Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas 2020 Taking a Closer Look at Mental Health Treatment Differences: Effectiveness of Mental Health Treatment by Provider Type in Racial and Ethnic Minorities Go to Taking a Closer Look at Mental Health Treatment Differences: Effectiveness of Mental Health Treatment by Provider Type in Racial and Ethnic Minorities
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
2014 Trends in Family Physicians Performing Deliveries, 2003-2010 Go to Trends in Family Physicians Performing Deliveries, 2003-2010
2019 Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas Go to Declining Endoscopic Care by Family Physicians in Both Rural and Urban Areas
2020 Taking a Closer Look at Mental Health Treatment Differences: Effectiveness of Mental Health Treatment by Provider Type in Racial and Ethnic Minorities Go to Taking a Closer Look at Mental Health Treatment Differences: Effectiveness of Mental Health Treatment by Provider Type in Racial and Ethnic Minorities
