PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Claire K. Ankuda AU - Anuradha Jetty AU - Andrew Bazemore AU - Stephen Petterson TI - Provision of Palliative Care Services by Family Physicians Is Common AID - 10.3122/jabfm.2017.02.160230 DP - 2017 Mar 01 TA - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine PG - 255--257 VI - 30 IP - 2 4099 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/2/255.short 4100 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/2/255.full SO - J Am Board Fam Med2017 Mar 01; 30 AB - Objective: Provision of palliative care services by primary care physicians is increasingly important with an aging population, but it is unknown whether US primary care physicians see themselves as palliative practitioners.Methods: This study used cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2013 American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certification Demographic Survey.Results: Of 10,894 family physicians, 33.1% (n = 3609) report providing palliative care. Those providing palliative care are significantly more likely to provide non–clinic-based services such as care in nursing homes, home visits, and hospice. Controlling for other characteristics, physicians reporting palliative care provision are significantly (P < .05) more likely to be older, white, male, rural, and practicing in a patient-centered medical home.Conclusion: One third of family physicians recertifying in 2013 reported providing palliative care, with physician and practice characteristics driving reporting palliative care provision.