Harvard University D/B/a Harvard School of Public Health
PUBLIC HEALTH & PREV MEDICINE
Boston · United States
NIH R01 · 2024
Physician Subspecialization and the Health and Health Care of Older Americans
PROJECT SUMMARY Over the past 40 years, specialist physicians have supplanted primary care as the most frequently seen clinicians for older adults in the US. This shift towards specialty care is driven by advancing medical technology and increased “subspecialization,” whereby specialist physicians focus on narrower and narrower clinical areas. Subspecialization has grown markedly: in 1980, the American Board of Medical Specialties had 28 specialty boards, with an additional 28 certified subspecialties. By 2020, 40 specialty boards encompassed 147 separate subspecialties. While subspecialists bring greater clinical expertise, too much subspecialization could lead to inequitable access,…
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