Anuradha Jetty, MPH; Stephen Petterson, PhD; Yalda Jabbarpour, MD
Corresponding Author: Anuradha Jetty, MPH; The Robert Graham Center. Email: ajetty@aafp.org
Section: Policy Brief
Publication: 3/18/2021
Although solo and small practices are a vital part of primary care, the proportion of family physicians reporting working in practices with five or fewer providers declined from 15% to 11% for solo and 37% to 34% for small (2-5 providers) practices from 2014 to 2018. These decreasing trends are concerning, mainly when a low proportion of FPs have solo practices in rural locations given the access to care challenges in these underserved populations.