As Out-Of-Pocket Health Costs Rise, Insured Adults Are Seeking Less Primary Care
When's the last time you checked in with your primary care provider? U.S. adults under age 65 made nearly 25% fewer visits to primary care providers in 2016 than in 2008, a big study finds.
Efforts across the U.S. in recent years to encourage medical students, nurse practitioners and others to go into primary care, especially in underserved areas, are built on a consensus in research: Primary care is good for patients.
"It's the foundation of the health care system," says Dr. , Harvard assistant professor of medicine and physician in general internal medicine and
