Publications
The Center exists in part to create original evidence and information that support and advance conversations around professionalism, value, and other health care issues.
READ about scientific publications, briefs, and reports emerging from the Center and its collaborators below.
Fueling Prevention: Federal Levers to Integrate Nutrition into Primary Care
- Andrew W. Bazemore, MD, MPH
Submitted on: February, 2026
Related to recent federal directives to strengthen physician nutrition education, this paper examines family medicine’s leadership in nutrition counseling while identifying modifiable barriers limiting primary care’s prevention potential. Family physicians, comprising over 109,000 certified clinicians, provide 20% of U.S. healthcare visits and deliver substantial nutrition counseling, particularly in underserved communities.
Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size
- Andrew Bazemore
Submitted on: January, 2026
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 practice. These findings highlight the importance of considering both individual and practice-level factors in workforce planning and policy development to optimize primary care delivery and manage physician workloads effectively.
Read MoreWomen in medicine often fill ‘unrecognized and uncompensated’ leadership roles
Submitted on: October, 2025
Women physicians often take on mentorship roles rather than “institutionally recognized leadership positions,” but there are solutions that may help level the playing field, according to experts.
Although the presence of women in U.S. medical schools has grown over the last 25 years, equitable representation in medical leadership “remains elusive,” Annie Koempel, PhD, MA, RDN, LD, a qualitative scientist with the American Board of Family Medicine, and colleagues wrote in a study recently published in Family Practice.
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Moving from Ideas to Action
The Center for Professionalism & Value is working to engage the public and advance big ideas in the realm of professionalism, and advance evidence in support of effective policy.
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AAFP’s Family Medicine Experience (FMX)
October 13-17, 2020
The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care’s PRIME Registry will be in booth #3515 at AAFP’s Family Medicine Experience, October 13-17, 2020.
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Investment Needed in Primary Care Spending
05/18/2020
