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| Robert L PhillipsSummaryAffiliation: American Academy of Family Physicians Country: USA Publications
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The development and goals of the AAFP center for policy studies in family practice and primary care. American Academy of Family PhysiciansL A Green
Center for Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, Washington, DC 20036, USA
J Fam Pract 48:905-8. 1999..We also identify the 3 themes that will guide the early work of the Center: sustaining the functional domain of family practice and primary care; investing in key infrastructures; and securing universal health coverage...- Greater NIH investment in family medicine would help both achieve their missionsSean C Lucan
The Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC, USA
Am Fam Physician 81:704. 2010..Family medicine can help the NIH speed research discovery and improve research relevance; the NIH can help family medicine build its research capacity; and such mutual benefit could mean improvement in public health... - What people want from their family physicianM C Stock Keister
Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, 1350 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 201, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 69:2310. 2004..If the U.S. health care system is ever to become patient-centered, it must be designed to support these values and sustain, rather than fracture, the relationships people have with their primary physician... - Few people in the United States can identify primary care physiciansM C Stock Keister
Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, 1350 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 201, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 69:2312. 2004..This lack of discrimination compromises the goal of achieving primary care for all and merits immediate attention... - The U.S. primary care physician workforce: undervalued serviceH Biola
Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, 1350 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 950, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 68:1486. 2003..Primary care physicians work hard, but their compensation is not correlated to their work effort when compared with physicians in other specialties. This disparity contributes to student disinterest in primary care specialties... - The U.S. primary care physician workforce: persistently declining interest in primary care medical specialtiesH Biola
Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, 1350 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 950, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 68:1484. 2003..S. medical students threatens the adequacy of the physician workforce of the United States. This pattern should be reversed and requires the attention of policy makers and medical educators... - The U.S. primary care physician workforce: minimal growth 1980-1999H Biola
Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, 1350 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 950, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 68:1483. 2003..This has occurred despite calls during the same period for increased production of primary care physicians and educational reforms focusing on primary care... - Family physicians are an important source of newborn care: the case of the state of MaineD Cohen
Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 68:593. 2003..Family medicine's commitment to serve vulnerable populations of newborns requires continued federal, state, and institutional support for training and development of future FPs... - Family physicians are an important source of mental health careA Subramanian
Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, 1350 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 950, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 67:1422. 2003..This proportion has remained stable over the past two decades despite a decline in many other types of office visits to family physicians. Family physicians remain an important source of mental health care for Americans... - Family physicians increase provision of well-infant care despite decline in prenatal servicesJ W Mold
Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, 1350 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 950, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 67:17. 2003..This commitment to child health care demands continued excellence of family physician training in pediatric medicine, preventive care, and child advocacy... - Uncoordinated growth of the primary care work forceR L Phillips
Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 64:1498. 2001..Training capacity for these professions has increased rapidly over the physician assistant decade, but almost no collaborative work force planning has occurred... - Family physicians are the main source of primary health care for the Medicare populationJ W Mold
Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 66:2032. 2002 - Title VII funding is associated with more family physicians and more physicians serving the underservedD Meyers
Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 66:554. 2002..Title VII has been successful in achieving its stated goals and has had an important role in addressing U.S. physician workforce policy issues... - Types of medical errors commonly reported by family physiciansS M Dovey
Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, 1350 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 950, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am Fam Physician 67:697. 2003..quot;Errors in prescribing medications" was the only one of these five error types that was also commonly reported by family physicians in other countries... 
Using the ecology model to describe the impact of asthma on patterns of health careBarbara P Yawn
Department of Research, Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, MN 55904, USA
BMC Pulm Med 5:7. 2005..The ecology of medical care model may provide a useful framework to describe the use of health services in people with asthma compared to those without asthma and identify subgroups with apparent gaps in care...- Family physician participation in maintenance of certificationImam M Xierali
The Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:203-10. 2011.... 
American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) maintenance of certification: variations in self-assessment modules uptake within the 2006 cohortAndrew W Bazemore
The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 23:49-58. 2010....- Specialist physicians providing primary care services in ColoradoGeorge E Fryer
Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, DC 20036, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 17:81-90. 2004..There is a greater proportion of specialists than primary care physicians, a specialty mix different from that of most other developed countries... - The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the financial health of teaching hospitalsRobert L Phillips
The Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Ann Fam Med 2:71-8. 2004..We also define cost report variables and calculations necessary for continued impact monitoring... - The association of Title VII funding to departments of family medicine with choice of physician specialty and practice locationGeorge E Fryer
Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, Washington, DC, USA
Fam Med 34:436-40. 2002..This study assessed the relationships of Title VII funding with physicians' choices of practice specialty and location... - Projecting US primary care physician workforce needs: 2010-2025Stephen M Petterson
The Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC, USA
Ann Fam Med 10:503-9. 2012..We sought to project the number of primary care physicians required to meet US health care utilization needs through 2025 after passage of the Affordable Care Act... - Increasing graduate medical education (GME) in critical access hospitals (CAH) could enhance physician recruitment and retention in rural AmericaImam M Xierali
Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC 20036, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 25:7-8. 2012..Currently very little Medicare funding supports GME in the CAH setting, highlighting a missed opportunity to improve access to care in rural America... - Variation in the ecology of medical careGeorge E Fryer
The Robert Graham Center, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Ann Fam Med 1:81-9. 2003..We wanted to quantify how the location in which medical care is delivered in the United States varies with the sociodemographic characteristics and health care arrangements of the individual person... - Can nurse practitioners and physicians beat parochialism into plowshares?Robert L Phillips
Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:133-42. 2002..The country can ill afford doctors and nurses who ignore one another's capabilities and fail to maximize each other's contributions cost-effectively... - Family physicians in the child health care workforce: opportunities for collaboration in improving the health of childrenRobert L Phillips
American Academy of Family Physicians, Robert Graham Cente4 for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Pediatrics 118:1200-6. 2006.... - The Canadian contribution to the US physician workforceRobert L Phillips
The Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC 20036, USA
CMAJ 176:1083-7. 2007..We sought to examine the migration pattern of Canadian-trained physicians to the United States, the contribution of this migration to the Canadian physician shortage and policy options in light of competing shortages in both countries... - The rise of electronic health record adoption among family physiciansImam M Xierali
the Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC
Ann Fam Med 11:14-9. 2013..Adoption varies at a state level. Further monitoring of trends in EHR adoption and characterizing their capacities are important to achieve comprehensive data exchange necessary for better, affordable health care... - The increase in international medical graduates in family practice residency programsNerissa N Koehn
Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, Washington, DC, USA
Fam Med 34:429-35. 2002..6% from 1997-2001. This study sought to determine the degree of reliance on international medical graduates (IMGs) to fill family practice residency positions and the relative proportion of US citizen IMGs... - Usual source of care: an important source of variation in health care spendingRobert L Phillips
Robert Graham Center in Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:567-77. 2009..Variation in spending might be the result of training differences among primary care specialties... - Family physicians are essential for mental health care deliveryImam M Xierali
the Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC 20037 1127, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 26:114-5. 2013..Policy barriers such as payment for mental health services should be explored to ensure access to mental health care for patients across the urban to rural continuum... - A small percentage of family physicians report time devoted to researchJennifer R Voorhees
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 26:7-8. 2013..Policy that supports efforts in family medicine research and increases awareness of opportunities for primary care research in the practice setting is essential for family medicine to expand its scholarly foundations... - Having a usual source of care reduces ED visitsStephen M Petterson
The Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC, USA
Am Fam Physician 79:94. 2009..This trend is partly due to a growing proportion of persons who lack a usual source of care. This group is increasingly likely to rely on EDs for their health care needs compared with those who have a usual source of care... - Case study of a primary care-based accountable care system approach to medical home transformationRobert L Phillips
The Robert Graham Center, Washington, District of Columbia 20036, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 34:67-77. 2011..Phased implementation across the network makes it difficult to link improvements to specific processes but they seem to have improved outcomes collectively... - Primary care and why it matters for U.S. health system reformRobert L Phillips
Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:806-10. 2010..These include doubling primary care financing to 10-12 percent of total health care spending--a step that would be likely to pay for itself via resulting reductions in overall health spending... - Does career dissatisfaction affect the ability of family physicians to deliver high-quality patient care?Jennifer DeVoe
Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, 1350 Connecticut Ave, Washington, DC, 20036, USA
J Fam Pract 51:223-8. 2002..We examined the association between FP/GP dissatisfaction and an inability to deliver high-quality care... - COGME's 16th Report to Congress: too many physicians could be worse than wastedRobert L Phillips
The Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Ann Fam Med 3:268-70. 2005..Instead, these resources could be applied in ways that improve health... - Adding more specialists is not likely to improve population health: is anybody listening?Robert L Phillips
Robert Graham Center in Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2005..The resurgence of interest in shaping the future physician workforce should lead to purposeful choices about what we want them to do and the outcomes we expect... - The next phase of Title VII funding for training primary care physicians for America's health care needsRobert L Phillips
The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Ann Fam Med 10:163-8. 2012..Failure to launch such a national primary care workforce revitalization program will put the health and economic viability of our nation at risk... - Harnessing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to enable community-oriented primary careAndrew Bazemore
The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 23:22-31. 2010.... - Exploring residency match violations in family practiceRobert L Phillips
Robert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Fam Med 35:717-20. 2003.... - Match rates into family medicine among regional medical campus graduates, 2007-2009Winston Liaw
Virginia Commonwealth University, Fairfax, VA 22033, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 25:894-907. 2012..This study sought to describe the match rates into family medicine for graduates of RMCs and non-RMCs... - GME financing reform: the saga continuesRobert L Phillips
The Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, Washington, DC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:311-2. 2002