Home Research Research Library Urgent and Emergency Family Physicians in Rural Communities. Urgent and Emergency Family Physicians in Rural Communities. 2014 Author(s) Klink, Kathleen Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Policy Brief Commentaries, and Urgent / Emergent Care Volume 27(4):444-446 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Health reform and the Affordable Care Act have triggered a renewed interest in strengthening access to primary care services, with a focus on ensuring that the nation has appropriately trained physicians practicing where they are needed. There are about 80 primary care physicians per 100,000 people the United States. Not surprisingly, rural areas have a much lower physician-to-population ratio than urban areas and a higher proportion of generalists.1 The number and types of physicians needed for optimal health outcomes is key to implementing the triple aim2 of improving population health, the experience of care, and costs. Understanding scopes and patterns of practice and settings where family physicians provide care provides a reference point in moving toward full access to high-quality care across the nation. ABFM Research Read all 2013 Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions Go to Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions 2015 A majority of family physicians use a hospitalist service when their patients require inpatient care Go to A majority of family physicians use a hospitalist service when their patients require inpatient care 2025 Documentation of Compounded GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists in a Large Primary Care Dataset Go to Documentation of Compounded GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists in a Large Primary Care Dataset 2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice:
Author(s) Klink, Kathleen Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Policy Brief Commentaries, and Urgent / Emergent Care Volume 27(4):444-446 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2013 Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions Go to Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions 2015 A majority of family physicians use a hospitalist service when their patients require inpatient care Go to A majority of family physicians use a hospitalist service when their patients require inpatient care 2025 Documentation of Compounded GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists in a Large Primary Care Dataset Go to Documentation of Compounded GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists in a Large Primary Care Dataset 2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice:
2013 Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions Go to Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions
2015 A majority of family physicians use a hospitalist service when their patients require inpatient care Go to A majority of family physicians use a hospitalist service when their patients require inpatient care
2025 Documentation of Compounded GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists in a Large Primary Care Dataset Go to Documentation of Compounded GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists in a Large Primary Care Dataset
2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice:
