The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities

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Policy brief describing percentages of family physicians (FPs) providing obstetric services and cesarean deliveries as the primary surgeon, using data from the 2017 and 2018 American Board of Family Medicine's Family Medicine Certification Examination registration questionnaire for FPs seeking to continue their certification. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban, micropolitan, large rural, and small rural locations.

Sebastian T. Tong, Aimee R. Eden, Zachary J. Morgan, Andrew W. Bazemore, Lars E. Peterson

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 34(1), 10-11

01/2021

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Access · Health workforce supply and demand · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Physicians · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Surgery · Women