PURPOSE Despite growing calls for team-based care, the current staff composition of
primary care practices is unknown. We describe staffing patterns for primary care practices …

Background Broad consensus exists about the value and principles of primary care;
however, little is known about the workforce configurations required to deliver it. Objective …

PURPOSE Practices in the 4-year Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative changed
staffing patterns during 2012-2016 to improve care delivery. We sought to characterize these …

Community health centers are at the forefront of ambulatory care practices in their use of
nonphysician clinicians and team-based primary care. We examined medical staffing …

Recent studies suggest that team-based primary care models could contribute to eliminating
the predicted physician shortages. In this article, the authors explore existing team-based …

We examine the roles of nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and nurse
midwives (CNMs) in community health centers (CHCs). We also compare primary care …

Background: Unclear roles in interdisciplinary primary care teams can impede optimal team-
based care. We assessed perceived task allocation among primary care providers (PCPs) …

PURPOSE New approaches to chronic disease management emphasize the need to
improve the delivery of primary care services to meet the needs of chronically ill patients …

Background. Comprehensiveness, a defining feature of primary care (PC) is associated with
patient satisfaction and improved health status. This paper evaluates comprehensive …

Background Current recommendations for strengthening the US healthcare system consider
restructuring primary care into multidisciplinary teams as vital to improving quality and …