Only one third of family physicians can estimate their patient panel size.
In addition to payments for services rendered to individual patients, primary care physicians will increasingly be paid for their ability to achieve goals across the body of patients most closely associated with them: their "panel." In a 2013 survey, however, only one third of family physicians could estimate their panel size, raising concern about their ability to perform more advanced primary care functions.
From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP, AC, RLP); The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AB); and the Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (EB). lpeterson@theabfm.org.
Lars E
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Peterson
From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP, AC, RLP); The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AB); and the Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (EB).
Anneli
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Cochrane
From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP, AC, RLP); The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AB); and the Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (EB).
Andrew
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Bazemore
From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP, AC, RLP); The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AB); and the Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (EB).
Elizabeth
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Baxley
From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP, AC, RLP); The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AB); and the Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (EB).
Robert L
RL
Phillips
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