Anuradha Jetty, MPH; Julie Hyppolite, MD, MPH; Aimee R. Eden, PhD, MPH; Melina K. Taylor, PhD, MPH; Yalda Jabbarpour, MD
Corresponding Author: Anuradha Jetty, MPH; Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care.
Contact Email: ajetty@aafp.org
Section: Policy Brief
Publication Date: 3/22/2022
Using data from 2016-2020, we found that family physicians who identify as underrepresented minorities in medicine were more likely to have a larger percentage of vulnerable patients in their panels. Increasing access to care for vulnerable patient populations will require a combination of advocating for policies to diversify the physician pipeline and those that encourage all primary care physicians to care for vulnerable patients.