%0 Journal Article
%T Why Are Family Physicians' Panels Shrinking?
%A Bodenheimer T
%J J Am Board Fam Med
%V 37
%N 3
%D 2024 May-Jun
%M 39142874
%F 2.395
%R 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240101R0
%X The average panel for family physicians dropped from about 2400 to about 1800 patients from 2013 to 2022. Likely reasons for this decline: 1) fewer people seeking primary care, and 2) fewer people receiving their care through a long-term continuity relationship with a primary care clinician.