Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-271

  Tong, Sebastian T C ^a   Makaroff, Laura A ^b   Xierali, Imam M ^b   Parhat, Parwen ^c   Puffer, James C ^d   Newton, Warren P ^e   Bazemore, Andrew W ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RURAL AREA; SHORT SURVEY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861914041     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.03.110256     Document Type: Short Survey

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