RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Variation in Scope and Area of Practice by Family Physician Race and Ethnicity
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 454
OP 456
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2022.03.210362
VO 35
IS 3
A1 Ting Wang
A1 Chineme Amechi
A1 Andrea A. Anderson
A1 Aimee R. Eden
A1 Andrew Bazemore
YR 2022
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/35/3/454.abstract
AB Family physicians who are self-identified members of Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native racial groups are more likely to practice in disadvantaged areas but also tend to have narrower scopes of practice when compared with White family physicians, despite holding the same certification. Considering the established benefits of comprehensive primary care, these results suggest the need for policies incentivizing and supporting broader scopes of practice in disadvantaged areas