PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Diane R. Rittenhouse
AU  - Andrew W. Bazemore
AU  - Zachary J. Morgan
AU  - Lars E. Peterson
TI  - One-Third of Family Physicians Remain in Independently Owned Practice, 2017–2019
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.210051
DP  - 2021 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 1033--1034
VI  - 34
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/5/1033.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/5/1033.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2021 Sep 01; 34
AB  - The rise of health system and hospital ownership of primary care practices raises policy questions about the survival of independent physician-owned practices. Our data indicate that a substantial proportion of FPs in 2017–2019 remained in independently owned practice: 81% of solo practitioners and 35% of FPs in practices with 2–5 clinicians. These findings suggest that independent practice is surviving, and that it's incumbent on researchers, payers, and policymakers to better understand their unique contributions and challenges in the effort to improve primary care access, quality, and cost.