The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities

Of family physicians who perform cesarean sections, more than half do so in rural communities and 38.6% provide cesarean sections in counties without any obstetrician/gynecologists. As policymakers in the United States struggle with a widening landscape of ‘obstetrical deserts,’ efforts to adequately train a family physician workforce prepared to provide cesarean sections could help maintain access to local obstetric services in rural communities and reduce perinatal morbidity and mortality.

Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine - January 15, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Tong, S. T., Eden, A. R., Morgan, Z. J., Bazemore, A. W., Peterson, L. E. Tags: Policy Brief Source Type: research