Proportional Erosion of the Primary Care Physician Workforce Has Continued Since 2010

Author(s)

Bazemore, Andrew W, Wilkinson, Elizabeth, Petterson, Stephen M, and Green, Larry A

Topic(s)

Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals

Keyword(s)

Measurement, and Shortage Areas

Volume

American Family Physician

We estimate that 217,208 primary care physicians provided direct patient care in the United States in 2018. This represents an even lower percentage (30%) of the total U.S. physician cohort than the 2010 Council on Graduate Medical Education’s (COGME’s) recommendation to increase primary care to 40% of the overall physician workforce.

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