• J Am Board Fam Med · May 2024

    Self-Reported Panel Size Among Family Physicians Declined by Over 25% Over a Decade (2013-2022).

    • Andrew Bazemore, Zachary J Morgan, and Kevin Grumbach.
    • From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AB, ZJM); Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, Washington, DC (AB); University of California, San Francisco, Department of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco, CA (KG). abazemore@theabfm.org.
    • J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 May 1; 37 (3): 504505504-505.

    AbstractUnderinvestment in primary care and erosion of the primary care physician workforce are resulting in patients across the US experiencing growing difficulty in obtaining access to primary care. Compounding this access problem, we find that the average patient panel size among US family physicians may have decreased by 25% over the past decade (2013 to 2022). Reversing the decline in access to primary care in the face of decreasing panel sizes requires both better supporting family physicians to manage larger panels, such as by expanding primary care teams, and substantially increasing the supply of family physicians.© Copyright 2024 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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