Association of Primary Care Physician Supply With Population Mortality in the United States, 2005-2015
Author(s) -
Sanjay Basu,
Seth A. Berkowitz,
Robert L. Phillips,
Asaf Bitton,
Bruce E. Landon,
Russell S. Phillips
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.7624
Subject(s) - medicine , life expectancy , population , referral , health care , socioeconomic status , epidemiology , demography , environmental health , family medicine , sociology , economics , economic growth
Recent US health care reforms incentivize improved population health outcomes and primary care functions. It remains unclear how much improving primary care physician supply can improve population health, independent of other health care and socioeconomic factors.
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