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Primary Care Spending in Medicare Fee-for-Service: An Illustrative Analysis Using Alternative Definitions of Primary Care

Description
Discusses the importance of primary care to promote positive health outcomes and how reimbursement rates illustrate what healthcare areas are given priority. Utilizes Medicare fee-for-service data to estimate primary care spending and provides data breakdowns according to sex, race, age, insurance status, rural versus urban location, and more.
Date
03/2024
Type
Document
Organization
HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Tagged as
Health insurance · Medicaid · Medicare · Primary care · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data

Organizations (1)

  • HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, view details