General Practitioners in US Medical Practice Compared With Family Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

General practitioners (GPs) are part of the US physician workforce, but little is known about who they are, what they do, and how they differ from family physicians (FPs). We describe self-identified GPs and compare them with board-certified FPs.

Methods

Analysis of data on 102,604 Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Osteopathy physicians in direct patient care in the United States in 2016, who identify themselves as GPs or FPs. The study used linking databases (American Medical Association Masterfile, American Board of Family Medicine [ABFM], Area Health Resource File, Medicare Public Use File) to examine personal, professional, and practice characteristics.

Results

Of the physicians identified, 6,661 self-designated as GPs and 95,943 self-designated as FPs. Of

SUBMITTER: Phillips WR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7062491 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature