Family Physicians' Contributions to Rural Emergency Care and Urban Urgent Care.

Peterson, Lars E; Puffer, James C; Nasim, Urooj; Petterson, Stephen; Newton, Warren P · J Am Board Fam Med · 2019

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Abstract

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.

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