PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Rittenhouse, Diane R. AU - Bazemore, Andrew W. AU - Morgan, Zachary J. AU - Peterson, Lars E. 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.