RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Proportion of Family Physicians in Solo and Small Practices is on the Decline
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 266
OP 267
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200457
VO 34
IS 2
A1 Anuradha Jetty
A1 Stephen Petterson
A1 Yalda Jabbarpour
YR 2021
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/2/266.abstract
AB Although solo and small practices are a vital part of primary care, the proportion of family physicians reporting working in practices with 5 or fewer providers declined from 15% to 11% for solo and 37% to 34% for small (2 to 5 providers) practices from 2014 to 2018. These decreasing trends are concerning, mainly when a low proportion of family physicians have solo practices in rural locations given the access to care challenges in these underserved populations.