Greater investment in primary care is associated with lower costs, higher patient satisfaction, fewer hospitalizations and emergency department visits, and lower mortality. Despite current high levels of healthcare spending in the United States, the proportion spent on primary care is insufficient. A shift in resources to support greater access to comprehensive, coordinated primary care is imperative to achieving a stronger, higher-performing healthcare system.
Underinvestment in primary care gives rise to patient access and workforce issues. A significant financial incentive for physicians and other clinicians to choose other areas of specialty undermines primary care.
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A startup for diabetes patients rolls out a new model: Insurers only pay if the service works | STAT | November 15, 2018 |
Limited Primary Care Access Leads to Poor Outcomes, High Spending | Patient Engagement HIT | February 6, 2020 |
Coronavirus has created a crisis for primary care doctors and their patients | Vox | April 27, 2020 |
$19.8 Million Project to Enhance Care for Philadelphia’s Seniors | PCDC | April 3, 2019 |
HCCI Study Shows Stagnant Primary Care Investment | JAMA Network | December 13, 2019 |
Michigan's Medicaid expansion doubles access to primary care | American Medical Association | January 27, 2020 |
Making New York City a primary care town | City & State New York | October 2, 2018 |
Primary Care as Healthcare Infrastructure | Harvard Health Policy Review | October 5, 2018 |
National Meeting on Increasing Investment in Primary Care | FMAHealth | November 26, 2018 |
Number of primary care doctors in First State trending down | Delaware State News | January 2, 2019 |