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A Description Of The Content Of Army Family Practice

B. Wayne Blount, Gary Hart and Jenifer L. Ehreth
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice March 1993, 6 (2) 143-152; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.6.2.143
B. Wayne Blount
From the Department of Family Practice, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Ft. Gordon, GA (BWB), the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine (GH), and the Department of Health Services, School of Public Health (JLE), University of Washington, Seattle. Address reprint requests to B. Wayne Blount, MD, MPH, 2713 Boar’s Head Road, Martinez, GA 30907.
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Gary Hart
From the Department of Family Practice, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Ft. Gordon, GA (BWB), the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine (GH), and the Department of Health Services, School of Public Health (JLE), University of Washington, Seattle. Address reprint requests to B. Wayne Blount, MD, MPH, 2713 Boar’s Head Road, Martinez, GA 30907.
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Jenifer L. Ehreth
From the Department of Family Practice, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Ft. Gordon, GA (BWB), the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine (GH), and the Department of Health Services, School of Public Health (JLE), University of Washington, Seattle. Address reprint requests to B. Wayne Blount, MD, MPH, 2713 Boar’s Head Road, Martinez, GA 30907.
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Abstract

Background: For decisions about residency curricula and downsizing the US Army medical corps, decision makers must know the practice content of the various specialties. Little is known about the content of Army family practice. The purpose of our study was to describe the content of Army family practice.

Methods: We analyzed a random sample of 28,849 family practice encounters from the US Army Ambulatory Care Data Base Study. Variables included patient demographics, diagnoses, visit duration, procedures, and medical facility. Patient age and visit duration were compared using analysis of variance; facility profiles were compared by age category and sex of patients, family member position, and procedure frequency using chi-square analysis. Diagnostic content of the facilities was compared by both chi-square and Kendall’s tau B tests.

Results: The typical patient was a 26-year-old woman. The 25 most frequent diagnoses accounted for three-fourths of all encounters, with variation by patient age. The majority of visits did not include a procedure, but procedure frequency varied by patient age and diagnostic certainty. Mean visit duration was 16.4 minutes and varied by age. There were differences among the sites for all variables.

Conclusions: Army family physicians see patients of all ages, of whom more are the family members of soldiers than the soldiers themselves; they frequently do procedures and are usually certain of their diagnoses, which include a broad spectrum of illnesses. Army family physicians are flexible, adapt to local patient and environmental needs, and are uniquely qualified to form the basis of Army medicine.

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The Journal of the American Board of Family     Practice: 6 (2)
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
Vol. 6, Issue 2
1 Mar 1993
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B. Wayne Blount, Gary Hart, Jenifer L. Ehreth
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Mar 1993, 6 (2) 143-152; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.6.2.143

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