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Family Physicians Practicing High-Volume Obstetric Care Have Recently Dropped by One-Half

2017

AUTHOR(S)
Barreto, Tyler W
Peterson, Lars E
Petterson, Stephen M
Bazemore, Andrew W
TOPIC(S)
Education & Training
What Family Physicians Do
KEYWORD(S)
Imprinting Of Training
Maternity Care
Shortage Areas
VOLUME
95(12):762

Previous research has shown a decline in the percentage of family physicians practicing low- or medium-volume obstetrics. Using 13 years of data through 2016, we found continued declines in low- and medium-volume obstetrics, in addition to a new 50% decrease in family physicians providing high-volume obstetrics.

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