Researchers have renewed an interest in the harmful consequences of poverty on child
development. This study builds on this work by focusing on one mechanism that links material …

PURPOSE We sought to project the number of primary care physicians required to meet US
health care utilization needs through 2025 after passage of the Affordable Care Act. …

Objective To develop a measure of social deprivation that is associated with health care
access and health outcomes at a novel geographic level, primary care service area. Data …

This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
supplement. Background: The basic purpose of medical schools is to educate physicians to …

Background Racial concordance between patients and clinician has been linked to improved
satisfaction and patient outcomes. Objectives (1) To examine the likelihood of clinician-…

Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action mandates, like many other laws
regulating organizations, do not clearly define what constitutes compliance. Thus compliance …

Importance Graduate medical education training may imprint young physicians with skills
and experiences, but few studies have evaluated imprinting on physician spending patterns. …

PURPOSE Comprehensiveness is lauded as 1 of the 5 core virtues of primary care, but its
relationship with outcomes is unclear. We measured associations between variations in …

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to calculate the projected primary care physician
shortage, determine the amount and composition of residency growth needed, and estimate …

PURPOSE Continuity of care is a defining characteristic of primary care associated with
lower costs and improved health equity and care quality. However, we lack provider-level …