Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding where Ontario’s family physicians practice and how many can provide language-concordant care to official language minority communities can inform future research and policy development. Outcomes Measured: Prevalence and distribution of community-based family physicians in Ontario (all, and French-speaking).

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Primary Care Physician Primary Care Family Physician Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Primary care is the foundation of any health care system. Primary care improves the health of communities and decreases health inequities. Analyses were performed from 2023 to 2024. Rural communities had less PCP access than suburban neighborhoods (–0.53; P < 001).

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Primary Care PCP PCP Primary Care Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The geographic maldistribution of primary care physicians across rural and underserved areas continues to exacerbate inequitable access to health care for populations with the most needs. The 2024 American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Masterfile was used to identify current practice location.

Community 130

Community Education Family Physician Primary Care Physician 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

That means many older adults will be relying on other primary care physicians, who already can’t keep up with demand , and nurse practitioners, whose ranks are booming. According to a 2024 survey , of the roughly 431,000 licensed nurse practitioners, 15% are, like Johnson, certified to treat older adults.

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Nurse Practitioner Families Family Primary Care 52

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Pat Connolly reported on the 2024 Maine Legislative Session: It was a short but busy session in Augusta this year. Despite broad support from all aspects of health care, the flavored tobacco bill, LD 2416, was passed by the senate but never came up for a vote in the House. Here in Maine the "shorter" Legislative Session was quite full!

Family Physician 40

Family Physician Family Medicine DO Primary Care 40