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Would Having More Primary Care Doctors Cut Health Spending Growth?

By: Chernew ME, Sabik L, Chandra A and Newhouse JP

Publisher: Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

Published: September/October 2009

Would Having More Primary Care Doctors Cut Health Spending Growth?

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Would Having More Primary Care Doctors Cut Health Spending Growth? By: Chernew ME, Sabik L, Chandra A and Newhouse JP Published In: Health Affairs, 28(5), pp. 1327-1335	Quantity

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Spending on health care in markets with a larger percentageof primary care physicians (PCPs) is lower at any point in timethan is true in other markets. The relationship between physicianworkforce composition and the rate of spending growth is lessclear. This analysis of market-level Medicare spending databetween 1995 and 2005 reveals that the proportion of PCPs isnot associated with spending growth. Additional research isneeded before the potential causal impact of PCPs can be fullyassessed. However, these findings suggest that changes in thecomposition of the physician workforce will not be sufficientto address spending growth.

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Investigating factors related to geographic variations in cost growth in the Medicare and private sectors - cost solicitation	Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA) ID#: 64040 Michael E. Chernew, Ph.D. 617-432-0174 chernew@hcp.med.harvard.edu http://www.hms.harvard.edu	Actual award: $298,040 March 2008 to August 2009 This grant is closed.

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