title: One in fifteen family physicians principally provide emergency or urgent care.
abstract: A small but nontrivial proportion of US family physicians devote most of their time providing emergency or urgent care. With considerable attention focused on expanding access to primary care, it is important to account for providers principally working outside of traditional primary care.
authors.affiliation: From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LP, RLP), and The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (SP, MM, SF, MC, AB).
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petterson
authors.affiliation: From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LP, RLP), and The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (SP, MM, SF, MC, AB). lpeterson@theabfm.org.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LP, RLP), and The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (SP, MM, SF, MC, AB).
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LP, RLP), and The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (SP, MM, SF, MC, AB).
authors.forename: Miranda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LP, RLP), and The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (SP, MM, SF, MC, AB).
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Finnegan
authors.affiliation: From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LP, RLP), and The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (SP, MM, SF, MC, AB).
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coffman
authors.affiliation: From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LP, RLP), and The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (SP, MM, SF, MC, AB).
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bazemore
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012423:Rural Health
keywords: Critical Care; Emergency Medicine; Health Policy; Primary Health Care; Rural Health