Understanding primary care panel sizes is crucial as US policy makers and workforce planners wrestle with both primary care shortage and rising clinician burnout. We aimed to investigate physician and practice factors associated with variation in panel size. Panel sizes among FPs vary significantly based on practice type and size, team composition, and scope of

Medicine's increasing corporatization has fundamentally altered how physicians practice, yet discussions of medical professionalism often remain anchored in frameworks from decades past. The surge in health care consolidation and sixfold growth in private equity ownership of practices has transformed physicians' daily operations and decision-making. Any meaningful discussion of professionalism must now address these material

In the setting of the growing need to train more family physicians and the growth of available residency slots, there is also increasing concern about the decreasing percentage of family medicine (FM) residency positions being filled in the primary Match process and the increased reliance on the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) to

It’s no secret that trust in healthcare is a major concern for Black patients. According to data compiled over the past four years through MHQP’s annual statewide Patient Experience Survey, there is a significant disparity in trust between Black and White patients in primary care in Massachusetts. Although trust is the foundation of high-quality healthcare,

Dr. Andrew W. Bazemore likens trust to a new drug or device. “It’s one of the most powerful tools of medicine, frankly, and if you don’t have it, no number of drugs, devices, or other interventions are going to achieve much,” says Bazemore, a primary care doctor in Virginia who is senior vice president of

This study assessed public perceptions of US primary care spending. An online survey was conducted using SurveyMonkey Audience (Symphony Technology Group), achieving a sample of 1,135 adult respondents reflective of the demographic distribution of the US adult population. Respondents’ mean estimate of the percentage of US health care spending funding primary care was 51.8% (SD

Primary care physician (PCP) shortages and uneven geographic distribution are well-documented. Black populations have less access to primary care and worse health outcomes, with a lack of provider-patient racial concordance playing a role. Addressing these disparities requires targeted approaches that produce more Black PCPs in high-need areas, including expanding community-based residency programs (CBRPs), which

The application of the Primary Care Spend model to Australian data provides a more nuanced analysis of expenditure for primary health care than routine health expenditure reports. Its output could be used to inform targets for spending on different tiers, types, and locations of primary care, especially comprehensive and other high value primary care services,

Despite the increasing presence of women in US medical schools over the past 25 years, gender equity in medical leadership remains elusive. This qualitative study delves deeper into definitions of institutional leadership roles, who they are designed for, and how women currently contribute in unrecognized and uncompensated leadership positions.