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Home Research Research Library Access to Primary Care in US Counties Is Associated with Lower Obesity Rates Access to Primary Care in US Counties Is Associated with Lower Obesity Rates 2016 Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals, and Role of Primary Care BACKGROUND: Obesity causes substantial morbidity and mortality in the United States. Evidence shows that primary care physician (PCP) supply correlates positively with improved health, but its association with obesity in the United States as not been adequately characterized. Our purpose was to characterize the association between PCP supply in US counties and adult obesity. METHODS: We performed a multivariate logistic regression analysis to examine the relationship between county-level PCP supply and individual obesity status. We controlled for individual variables, including sex, race, marital status, income, and insurance status, and county-level variables, including rurality and poverty. RESULTS: Higher county-level PCP supply was associated with lower adult obesity after controlling for common confounders. Individuals living in counties with the most robust PCP supply were about 20% less likely to be obese (P CONCLUSIONS: While the observed association between the supply of PCPs and lower rates of obesity may not be causal, the association warrants further investigation. This may have important implications for restructuring the physician workforce in the context of the current PCP shortage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the patient-centered medical home. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2018 Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. Go to Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. 2016 Sponsoring Institutions with Five or Fewer Residency Programs Produce a Larger Proportion of General Internists and Family Physicians Go to Sponsoring Institutions with Five or Fewer Residency Programs Produce a Larger Proportion of General Internists and Family Physicians 2021 Digital health needs for implementing high-quality primary care: recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Go to Digital health needs for implementing high-quality primary care: recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2020 Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments Go to Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments
ABFM Research Read all 2018 Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. Go to Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. 2016 Sponsoring Institutions with Five or Fewer Residency Programs Produce a Larger Proportion of General Internists and Family Physicians Go to Sponsoring Institutions with Five or Fewer Residency Programs Produce a Larger Proportion of General Internists and Family Physicians 2021 Digital health needs for implementing high-quality primary care: recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Go to Digital health needs for implementing high-quality primary care: recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2020 Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments Go to Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments
2018 Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings. Go to Adherence to clinical guidelines for monitoring diabetes in primary care settings.
2016 Sponsoring Institutions with Five or Fewer Residency Programs Produce a Larger Proportion of General Internists and Family Physicians Go to Sponsoring Institutions with Five or Fewer Residency Programs Produce a Larger Proportion of General Internists and Family Physicians
2021 Digital health needs for implementing high-quality primary care: recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Go to Digital health needs for implementing high-quality primary care: recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2020 Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments Go to Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments
