Percentages of Family Physicians Providing Select Services, ABFM Activities, and BETOS Codes
| Indicator | %a |
|---|---|
| ABFM comprehensiveness activities (n=1,133 family physicians) | |
| Newborn care | 63.0 |
| Minor office surgery | 61.4 |
| Pain management | 46.4 |
| Preoperative care | 39.4 |
| Urgent care | 39.2 |
| Palliative care | 25.9 |
| Emergency care | 23.9 |
| Postoperative care | 17.3 |
| Prenatal care | 13.9 |
| Maternity care | 9.9 |
| Any deliveries | 9.3 |
| Major surgery | 2.0 |
| BETOS Codes (n=3,652 family physicians) | |
| Evaluation and management | |
| Office visits, established | 95.9 |
| Office visits, new | 90.8 |
| Specialist, other | 79.6 |
| Hospital visit, subsequent | 40.1 |
| Hospital visit, initial | 39.7 |
| Nursing home visit | 36.7 |
| Home visit | 14.0 |
| Hospital visit, critical care | 12.6 |
| Emergency department visit | 11.7 |
| Procedures | |
| Minor procedures, other (Medicare fee schedule) | 92.6 |
| Minor procedures, skin | 78.6 |
| Ambulatory procedures, skin | 68.6 |
| Minor procedures, musculoskeletal | 64.5 |
| Ambulatory procedures, other | 11.0 |
| Endoscopy, other | 9.6 |
| Major procedure, other | 6.2 |
| Eye procedure, other | 5.0 |
| Ambulatory procedures, musculoskeletal | 3.8 |
| Endoscopy, colonoscopy | 3.6 |
| Oncology, other | 3.3 |
| Endoscopy, upper gastrointestinal | 2.8 |
| Major procedure, orthopedic, other | 2.4 |
| Major procedure, cardiovascular, other | 2.3 |
| Minor procedures, other (non-Medicare fee schedule) | 1.9 |
| Endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy | 1.2 |
| Technical services | |
| Other tests, electrocardiograms | 85.8 |
| Lab tests, urinalysis | 77.9 |
| Lab tests, other (non-Medicare fee schedule) | 77.2 |
| Other tests, other | 72.8 |
| Lab tests, routine venipuncture (non Medicare fee schedule) | 61.8 |
| Lab tests, glucose | 51.6 |
| Lab tests, other (Medicare fee schedule) | 50.0 |
| Lab tests, blood counts | 39.1 |
| Other tests, ECG monitoring | 32.1 |
| Lab tests, automated general profiles | 27.3 |
| Lab tests, bacterial cultures | 16.0 |
| Other tests, cardiovascular stress tests | 7.5 |
BETOS = Berenson-Eggers Type of Service; ABFM = American Board of Family Medicine.
↵a Percentages of family physicians who indicated that they devoted any time to a particular activity in the case of the ABFM items or billed Medicare at least once for each type of BETOS service, procedure, or test.