RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Declining Numbers of Family Physicians Are Caring for Children
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 139
OP 140
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2012.02.110203
VO 25
IS 2
A1 Bazemore, Andrew W.
A1 Makaroff, Laura A.
A1 Puffer, James C.
A1 Parhat, Parwen
A1 Phillips, Robert L.
A1 Xierali, Imam M.
A1 Rinaldo, Jason
YR 2012
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/25/2/139.abstract
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.