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. 2011 May 15;2:127–138. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S18747

Table 2.

Services provided by academic and nonacademic family physicians

Service Academics (%) Nonacademics (%)
Treating patients with human immunodeficiency 85.7 71.8
Seeing their own patients in nursing homes 64.3 55.4
Delivering sports medicine 85.7 81.5
Providing psychotherapy 57.1 52.9
Providing occupational medicine 64.3 51.5
See own patients in emergency room 92.9 22.7*
Provide out of hours care in group 92.9 77.4*
Provide out of hours care including hospital 85.7 34.6*
Educate other doctors 92.9 39.6*
Educate other health professionals 92.9 57.4*
Conduct research 85.7 19.4*
Provide palliative care house calls 7.1 32.1*
Provide phone services for patient inquiries 7.1 37.6*

Note:

*

P < 0.05 versus academic family physicians.