Open AccessFamily Physicians' Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care
Author(s) -
Lars E. Peterson,
James C. Puffer,
Urooj Nasim,
Stephen Petterson,
Warren P. Newton
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the american board of family medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.037
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1558-7118
pISSN - 1557-2625
DOI - 10.3122/jabfm.2019.03.180338
Subject(s) - medicine , medical emergency , emergency department , family medicine , rural area , emergency medical services , primary care , emergency medicine , nursing , pathology
Using 2017 data, we demonstrate a sharp increase in the proportion of family physicians (FPs) working primarily in rural emergency departments and increasing numbers of FPs working in urgent care centers. Despite growth in emergency medicine-trained physicians, FPs are likely to continue to be the backbone of emergency care in rural America.