RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Self-Reported Panel Size Among Family Physicians Declined by Over 25% Over a Decade (2013-2022)
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 504
OP 505
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230421R1
VO 37
IS 3
A1 Bazemore, Andrew
A1 Morgan, Zachary J.
A1 Grumbach, Kevin
YR 2024
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/37/3/504.abstract
AB Underinvestment in primary care and erosion of the primary care physician workforce are resulting in patients across the US experiencing growing difficulty in obtaining access to primary care. Compounding this access problem, we find that the average patient panel size among US family physicians may have decreased by 25% over the past decade (2013 to 2022). Reversing the decline in access to primary care in the face of decreasing panel sizes requires both better supporting family physicians to manage larger panels, such as by expanding primary care teams, and substantially increasing the supply of family physicians.