title: The percentage of family physicians attending to women's gender-specific health needs is declining.
abstract: As the largest and most widely distributed of primary care physicians, family physicians have an important role in providing women's health care, especially in rural and underserved areas. The proportion of family physicians who are attending to women is declining. Policy intervention may be needed to help family physicians maintain the comprehensiveness of care necessary to address the wide range of medical problems of women they encounter within their practices.
authors: The Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC 20036, USA. IXierali@aafp.org
authors: Imam M
authors: IM
authors: Xierali
authors: James C
authors: JC
authors: Puffer
authors: Sebastian T C
authors: ST
authors: Tong
authors: Andrew W
authors: AW
authors: Bazemore
authors: Larry A
authors: LA
authors: Green
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*