Trained and Ready, but Not Serving?—Family Physicians’ Role in Reproductive Health Care

Author(s)

Chelvakumar, Meenadchi, and Shaw, Jonathan G

Topic(s)

Education & Training, Role of Primary Care, and What Family Physicians Do

Keyword(s)

Graduate Survey, Policy Brief Commentaries, Practice Organization / Ownership, Graduate Medical Education, Population Health (PHATE), Shortage Areas, and Sexual And Reproductive Health

Volume

33(2):182-185

Family physicians (FPs) are a crucial and integral part of the women’s health primary care workforce. The majority of outpatient healthcare sought by women of reproductive age is to obstetrician-gynecologists or FPs,1,2 with FPs providing roughly 1/3 of all outpatient care sought by women over age 30.1 FPs are especially important in underserved settings, such as rural clinics and community health centers, where they may be the only source of medical care for patients facing salient socioeconomic and racial disparities.
 

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