The links below are to the 20 most cited articles demonstrating the value of family medicine. The links take you to the abstract on PubMed. In most cases, PubMed also provides access to the full text. However, in some cases, access to full text requires a subscription to the original publication.
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Most Commonly Cited Articles
Future of Family Medicine
-- Future of Family Medicine Project Leadership Committee. Ann Fam Med 2004;2 Suppl 1:S3-32.
Receipt of Preventive Care Among Adults: Insurance Status and Usual Source of Care
-- DeVoe JE, Fryer GE, Phillips R, Green L. Am J Public Health 2003;93(5):786-91.
Contribution of Primary Care to Health Systems and Health
-- Starfield B, Shi L, Macinko J. Milbank Q 2005;83(3):457-502.
The Essential Role of Generalists in Health Care Systems
-- Ferrer RL. Hambidge SJ, Maly RC. Ann Intern Med 2005;142(8):691-9.
Medicare Spending, the Physician Workforce, and Beneficiaries' Quality of Care
-- Baicker K, Chandra A. Health Aff (Millwood) 2004;Suppl Web:W4-184-97.
Primary Care, Self-rated Health, and Reductions in Social Disparities in Health
-- Shi L, Starfield B, Politzer R, Regan J. Health Serv Res 2002;37(3):529-50.
Is U.S. Health Really the Best in the World?
-- Starfield B. JAMA 2000;284(4):483-5.
The Ecology of Medical Care
-- White KL, Williams TF, Greenberg BG. N Engl J Med 1961;265:885-92.
Primary Care and Receipt of Preventive Services
-- Bindman AB, Grumbach K, Osmond D,. Vranizan K, Stewart AL. J Gen Intern Med 1996;11(5):269-76.
The Effect of Primary Care Physician Supply and Income Inequality on Mortality Among Blacks and Whites in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
-- Shi L, Starfield B. Am J Public Health 2001;91(8):1246-50.
Provider Continuity in Family Medicine: Does It Make a Difference for Total Health Care Costs?
-- De Maeseneer JM, De Prins L, Gosset C, Heyerick J. Ann Fam Med.2003 Sep-Oct;1:144-8.
Primary Care Physicians and Specialists as Personal Physicians: Health Care Expenditures and Mortality Experience
-- Franks P, Fiscella K. J Fam Pract 1998;47(2):105-9.
The Contribution of Primary Care Systems to Health Outcomes Within Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Countries, 1970-1998
-- Macinko J, Starfield B, Shi L. Health Serv Res 2003 Jun;38(3):831-65.
The Effect of First-contact Care with Primary Care Clinicians on Ambulatory Health Care Expenditures
-- Forrest CB, Starfield B. J Fam Pract 1996;43(1):40-8.
Primary Care Physician Supply and Colorectal Cancer
-- Roetzheim RG, Gonzales EC, Ramirez A, Cambell R, van Durme DJ. J Fam Pract 2001;50(12):1027-31.
Continuity and Quality of Care for Children with Diabetes Who Are Covered by Medicaid
-- Christakis DA, Feudtner C, Pihoker C, Connel FA. Ambul Pediatr 2001;1(2):99-103.
The Effects of Specialist Supply on Populations' Health: Assessing the Evidence
-- Starfield B, Shi L, Grover A, Macinko J. Health Aff (Millwood) 2005;Suppl Web:W5-97-W5-107.
Cervical Cancer Rates and the Supply of Primary Care Physicians in Florida
-- Campbell RJ, Ramirez AM, Perez K, Roetzheim RG. Fam Med 2003;35(1):60-4.
Effects of Physician Supply on Early Detection of Breast Cancer
-- Ferrante JM, Gonzales EC, Pal N, Roetzheim RG. J Am Board Fam Pract 2000;13(6):408-14.
Improving Primary Care for Patients with Chronic Illness
-- Bodenheimer T, Wagner EH, Grumbach K. JAMA 2002;288(14):1775-9
