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The Declining Presence of Family Physicians in Hospital-Based Care

Anuradha Jetty, Yalda Jabbarpour, Stephen Petterson, Aimee Eden and Andrew Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2019, 32 (6) 771-772; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.06.190152

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    Family Physicians' Self-Reported Provision of Inpatient Care (2013 to 2017)

    Year of Survey20132014201520162017*
    Total FPs surveyed (N)10,67310,0648,4648,8868,675
    FPs reporting inpatient care (n)3,6373,3862,5512,5512,182
    Share of FPs reporting inpatient care (%)34.133.630.928.725.2

    • ABFM, American Board of Family Medicine; FP, family physician.

    • Source: ABFM Demographic Survey (2013 to 2017).

    • Sample restricted to FPs in direct patient care.

    • ↵* In 2017, ABFM Diplomates were asked whether they provided adult inpatient care instead of inpatient care in the previous years.

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