title: Reported practice patterns among family physicians with a geriatrics certificate of added qualifications.
abstract: Practice patterns of family physicians with additional certification are unknown but are important to workforce planners and policymakers, who may presume that all family physicians provide primary care to patients of all ages. We found that a majority of family medicine geriatricians self-report practicing primarily geriatric medicine.
authors.affiliation: From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP, AC); and the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AWB, SP). lpeterson@theabfm.org.
authors.forename: Lars E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP, AC); and the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AWB, SP).
authors.forename: Anneli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cochrane
authors.affiliation: From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP, AC); and the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AWB, SP).
authors.forename: Andrew W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Bazemore
authors.affiliation: From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (LEP, AC); and the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AWB, SP).
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petterson
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D005194:Family Practice; D005853:Geriatrics; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Geriatrics; Health Policy