Training in Residency and Provision of Reproductive Health Services Among Family Medicine Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Contraception and abortion services are essential health care, and family medicine (FM) physicians are an important part of the workforce providing this care. Residency could inform the reproductive health services FM physicians provide.

Objective

To determine which residency training factors are associated with FM physicians' provision of reproductive health services to Medicaid beneficiaries.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional, population-based observational study of inpatient and outpatient FM physicians who completed residency between 2008 and 2018 and treated at least 1 Medicaid beneficiary in 2019 was conducted from November 2022 to March 2023. The study used 2019 American Medical Association Masterfile and Historical Residency fil

SUBMITTER: Strasser J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10448301 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature