Family Physicians Working at Hospitals: A 20-Year Nationwide Trend Analysis in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: Family physicians play an essential role as gatekeepers in primary health care. However, most studies in the past focused on the geographic maldistribution of family physicians, and few studies focused on the distribution of family physicians between private practices and hospitals. This study aims to analyze the trends in practice locations of family physicians in Taiwan between 1999 and 2018, using the databases of the Taiwan Association of Family Medicine and Taiwan Medical Association. Although the annual number of physicians registered as family physicians had steadily increased from 1876 in 1999 to 3655 in 2018, the ratio of family physicians practicing in hospitals to total family physicians remained stable around 40% in the study period. Even after eliminating the trainees who were

SUBMITTER: Wang YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8431456 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature