title: Provision of Palliative Care Services by Family Physicians Is Common.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Provision of palliative care services by primary care physicians is increasingly important with an aging population, but it is unknown whether US primary care physicians see themselves as palliative practitioners.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study used cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2013 American Board of Family Medicine Maintenance of Certification Demographic Survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 10,894 family physicians, 33.1% (n = 3609) report providing palliative care. Those providing palliative care are significantly more likely to provide non-clinic-based services such as care in nursing homes, home visits, and hospice. Controlling for other characteristics, physicians reporting palliative care provision are significantly (P< .05) more likely to be older, white, male, rural, and practicing in a patient-centered medical home.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  One third of family physicians recertifying in 2013 reported providing palliative care, with physician and practice characteristics driving reporting palliative care provision.
authors.affiliation: From the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (CKA); and the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AJ, AB, SP). cankuda@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Claire K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Ankuda
authors.affiliation: From the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (CKA); and the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AJ, AB, SP).
authors.forename: Anuradha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jetty
authors.affiliation: From the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (CKA); and the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AJ, AB, SP).
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bazemore
authors.affiliation: From the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (CKA); and the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (AJ, AB, SP).
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petterson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006792:House Calls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Certification; Cross-Sectional Studies; Delivery of Health Care; Demography; Geriatrics; Hospice Care; Hospices; House Calls; Nursing Homes; Palliative Care; Physicians; Family; Primary Care Physicians