PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Bazemore, Andrew W. AU - Makaroff, Laura A. AU - Puffer, James C. AU - Parhat, Parwen AU - Phillips, Robert L. AU - Xierali, Imam M. AU - Rinaldo, Jason TI - Declining Numbers of Family Physicians Are Caring for Children AID - 10.3122/jabfm.2012.02.110203 DP - 2012 Mar 01 TA - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine PG - 139--140 VI - 25 IP - 2 4099 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/25/2/139.short 4100 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/25/2/139.full SO - J Am Board Fam Med2012 Mar 01; 25 AB - Despite continued growth of the primary care workforce, profound maldistribution persists among providers available for the care of children. Family physicians (FPs) spend, on average, approximately 10% of their total practice time caring for children; however, given that, among physician specialties, FPs are geographically distributed most evenly across the US population, the self-reported decline in the share of FPs caring for children should be disturbing to policymakers, especially with the looming insurance expansion in 2014.