RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Early Career Family Physicians Continue to Provide Maternity Care and Deliver Babies
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 159259
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2025.250078R1
VO 39
IS 1
A1 Petty, Aerial
A1 Barr, Wendy B.
A1 Morgan, Zachary J.
A1 Bazemore, Andrew
YR 2026
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/39/1/159259.abstract
AB While the proportion of all family physicians (FPs) delivering babies has declined, the proportion of early career FPs delivering babies declined at a much slower rate between 2016 and 2023 from 13.1% to 10.2%, and the proportion providing maternity care over this period has slightly increased from 25.0% to 28.9%. As maternal mortality rises, supporting FPs in maternity care is crucial for workforce sustainability and health equity.