Report: 29% of young adults don’t have a primary care provider

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Less than three-quarters of the nation’s young adults have a primary care provider, a trend that researchers from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center say could impair patient engagement and care coordination down the road.

According to a survey of just over 1,000 U.S. adults, only 71% of those aged 18-29 reported having a primary care provider. That’s compared to 97% of those over age 65 who said the same.

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