How the Recession is Affecting Health Care

National Survey of Family Doctors Shows Recession Takes Startling Toll on Patients -- Results of a new poll conducted by the AAFP confirm the serious impact the recession is having on Americans' access to health care.

Impact of Recession on Patients and Family Doctors -- Charts and graphs with poll results.
(4-page PDF file; About PDFs)

Survey Executive Summary - Patient Care During the Recession -- Results of the poll conducted by the AAFP.
(8-page PDF file; About PDFs)

Radio News Release -- An audio recording, edited for professional media use, announcing the survey results.
(1:00-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Family Physicians: Who We Are and What We Do -- Information about family physicians and the speciality of family medicine.

Ted Epperly, MD -- Dr. Epperly is the President of the AAFP.

Headshot of Ted Epperly, MD -- For use in media documents.