Proportion of Family Physicians in Solo and Small Practices is on the Decline

Author(s)

Jetty, Anuradha, Petterson, Stephen M, and Jabbarpour, Yalda

Topic(s)

Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals

Keyword(s)

Quality Of Care, Rural, Continuing Certification Questionnaires, Practice Organization / Ownership, JABFM Policy Brief, and Shortage Areas

Volume

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Although solo and small practices are a vital part of primary care, the proportion of family physicians reporting working in practices with 5 or fewer providers declined from 15% to 11% for solo and 37% to 34% for small (2 to 5 providers) practices from 2014 to 2018. These decreasing trends are concerning, mainly when a low proportion of family physicians have solo practices in rural locations given the access to care challenges in these underserved populations.

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