RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Provision of Palliative Care Services by Family Physicians Is Common
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 255
OP 257
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2017.02.160230
VO 30
IS 2
A1 Ankuda, Claire K.
A1 Jetty, Anuradha
A1 Bazemore, Andrew
A1 Petterson, Stephen
YR 2017
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/2/255.abstract
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.