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Rural Family Physicians In Patient Centered Medical Homes Have A Broader Scope Of Practice, Lars E. Peterson, Bo Fang
Rural Family Physicians In Patient Centered Medical Homes Have A Broader Scope Of Practice, Lars E. Peterson, Bo Fang
Rural & Underserved Health Research Center Publications
Overview
- Rural family physicians often have a broader scope of practice, defined as the range of clinical and procedural services that they provide, than urban family physicians. The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care is intended to provide accessible and comprehensive care, but little is known about how practicing in a PCMH is associated with rural family physicians’ scope of practice.
- Using data from 18,846 family physicians nationally, we found that rural family physicians working in PCMH practices generally provide a wider scope of clinical and procedural services than those not working in PCMH practices.
Rural Family Physicians Have A Broader Scope Of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians, Lars E. Peterson, Bo Fang
Rural Family Physicians Have A Broader Scope Of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians, Lars E. Peterson, Bo Fang
Rural & Underserved Health Research Center Publications
Overview of Key Findings
- Little is known about whether rural family physicians provide a broader scope of practice, defined as the range of clinical and procedural services that they provide, than metropolitan family physicians.
- Using data from 18,846 family physicians, we examined variations in the provision of 21 clinical services (e.g., inpatient care, home visits, and obstetrics) and 18 procedural services (e.g., prenatal ultrasound, endoscopy, and office skin procedures) across metropolitan, large rural, small rural, and frontier areas.
- We found that the percentage of family physicians providing each type of clinical and procedural service rises with increasing rurality.