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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Utah Primary Care Spending Report (2021) | April 2021 | ||
The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care | August 2019 | ||
The FMA Health CPCP Payment Calculator & Guide | January 2018 | FMAHealth | |
Synthesis of the STARFIELD Summit III | May 2016 | Starfield Summit | |
Supporting the Health Care Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood in the Medical Home | October 2018 | American Academy of Pediatrics | |
State Primary Care Fact Sheet | October 2018 | PCPCC | |
Starfield Summit Annotated Bibliographies | May 2016 | Starfield Summit | |
Spending for Primary Care Fact Sheet | March 2020 | PCC | |
Primary Care Spending Results Deserve a Closer Look and Employers Are Making a Difference | September 2019 | Primary Care Spending Results Deserve a Closer Look and Employers Are Making a Difference | |
Primary Care Messaging Matters:A Briefing from the California Health Care Foundation | December 2022 |
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“Here. Not There”: Rebalancing Health Systems Toward Primary Care | The Milbank Memorial Fund | February 6, 2020 |
“Here. Not There”: Rebalancing Health Systems Toward Primary Care | The Milbank Memorial Fund | February 6, 2020 |
Washington State Purchasers Issue Letter in Support of Efforts to Transform Primary Care | Primary Care Collaborative | January 26, 2021 |
The Importance Of Primary Care—And Of Measuring It | Health Affairs Blog | August 6, 2019 |
Telemedicine startup Doctor on Demand taps giant health partner to debut virtual primary care plan | San Francisco Business Times | April 24, 2019 |
Study: Primary Care Doctors Increase Life Expectancy, But Does Anyone Care? | Forbes | April 8, 2019 |
States Enact Bold Primary Care Measurement &Investment Legislation | July 13, 2022 | |
States Codify Telehealth Payment Parity | Primary Care Collaborative | July 1, 2021 |
State Primary Care Investment Legislative Update | January 12, 2022 | |
Spending on primary care paltry, but some states ramping up | July 17, 2019 |