Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice

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Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice

2018

AUTHOR(S)

Peterson, Lars E
Fang, Bo

TOPIC(S)

Role of Primary Care
What Family Physicians Do

KEYWORD(S)

Maternity Care
Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)

SOURCE

Rural and Underserved Health Research Center

The objective of this research was to determine whether rural family physicians who work in a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) practice have a broader scope of practice than those not in PCMH practices.

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