TY - JOUR 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 SP - 255 LP - 257 DO - 10.3122/jabfm.2017.02.160230 VL - 30 IS - 2 AU - Claire K. Ankuda AU - Anuradha Jetty AU - Andrew Bazemore AU - Stephen Petterson Y1 - 2017/03/01 UR - http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/2/255.abstract N2 - 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. ER -