Primary care: can it solve employers' health care dilemma?: Given primary care's association with reduced costs and better health outcomes, employers have good reason to prevent its demise

Employers are beginning to recognize that investing in the primary care foundation of the health care system may help address their problems of rising health care costs and uneven quality. Primary care faces a crisis as a growing number of U.S. medical graduates are avoiding primary care careers bec...

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Published in:Health affairs (Millwood, Va.) Va.), 2008-01, Vol.27 (1), p.151-158
Main Authors: Sepulveda, Martin-J, Bodenheimer, Thomas, Grundy, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cost
Employment
Health policy
Medical workers
Public health administration
United States
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Summary:Employers are beginning to recognize that investing in the primary care foundation of the health care system may help address their problems of rising health care costs and uneven quality. Primary care faces a crisis as a growing number of U.S. medical graduates are avoiding primary care careers because of relatively low reimbursement and an unsatisfying work life. Yet a strong primary care sector has been associated with reduced health care costs and improved quality. Through the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative and other efforts, some large employers are engaged in initiatives to strengthen primary care. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0278-2715
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.27.1.151