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Where are counties with consistently low rates of primary care physician capacity and high percentages of Black populations? [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Primary care physician shortages are well documented and expected to worsen, particularly in specific regions in the US. Further, racial and ethnic minorities, particularly Black populations, have less access to primary care and worse health outcomes compared to white populations.

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Practice patterns of Ontario physicians working in 'boutique' medical clinics [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models. This study offers insight into the practice patterns of boutique clinic primary care physicians, as well as the estimated public costs of this business model in Ontario.

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Distribution and language abilities of primary care physicians in Ontario [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: Population of Ontario, Canada Intervention/Instrument: R Language for Statistical Computing (R Core Team 2023) and RStudio (Posit team 2023). Outcomes Measured: Prevalence and distribution of community-based family physicians in Ontario (all, and French-speaking).

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Episode 293 – Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 22 – Live from SGIM 2023: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2023 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 22 – Live from SGIM 2023: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2023 Annual Meeting Show Notes by Alec J. Her research focuses on understanding how stigma impacts access to care for people living with chronic pain and opioid use disorder.

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Are Community-Based Residency Programs Located in High-Need Areas? [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Previous research identified high-need counties based on consistently low primary care physician capacity. Objective(s): This research explores the relationship between CBRP location and high-need areas, defined as counties with consistently low rates of primary care physician capacity.

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Performance-Based Reimbursement, Illegitimate Tasks, Moral Distress, and Quality Care in Primary Care: A Mediation Model of Longitudinal Data [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

PURPOSE We tested for direct and indirect effects that performance-based reimbursement (PBR) in primary care has on perceived individual and organizational quality of care, and the role of illegitimate tasks and moral distress as potential mediators. Performance-based reimbursement was measured using a single item.

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Neighborhood Determinants of Primary Care Access in Virginia [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

METHODS We used the 2019 Virginia All-Payers Claims Database to identify primary care physicians (PCPs) and the number of distinct patients seen by each physician. Analyses were performed from 2023 to 2024. RESULTS In Virginia, 56.0% of census tracts had adequate PCP access.