PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Frey, John J.
TI  - The Shoeshine Stand and the Renaissance of Primary Care
AID  - 10.1370/afm.3137
DP  - 2024 Jul 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 347--349
VI  - 22
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/22/4/347.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/22/4/347.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2024 Jul 01; 22
AB  - Over the past century, family physicians have moved from small independently owned practices, many of them solo, to being employed by large hospital systems, corporate entities, or health systems. Today, almost three-quarters of all physicians are employed and the highest percentage of employed physicians are family physicians.This essay contrasts the elements of independent practice with employed practice as part of what has been lost in the past half century, but what might be regained if physicians demanded more autonomy and control over their practices.