RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Family Physicians' Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 295
OP 296
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2019.03.180338
VO 32
IS 3
A1 Peterson, Lars E.
A1 Puffer, James C.
A1 Nasim, Urooj
A1 Petterson, Stephen
A1 Newton, Warren P.
YR 2019
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/32/3/295.abstract
AB Using 2017 data, we demonstrate a sharp increase in the proportion of family physicians (FPs) working primarily in rural emergency departments and increasing numbers of FPs working in urgent care centers. Despite growth in emergency medicine–trained physicians, FPs are likely to continue to be the backbone of emergency care in rural America.