Home Research Research Library The General Public Vastly Overestimates Primary Care Spending in the United States The General Public Vastly Overestimates Primary Care Spending in the United States 2025 Author(s) Ma, Melissa, Etz, Rebecca S, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Grumbach, Kevin Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals Volume 240413 Source Annals of Family Medicine This study assessed public perceptions of US primary care spending. An online survey was conducted using SurveyMonkey Audience (Symphony Technology Group), achieving a sample of 1,135 adult respondents reflective of the demographic distribution of the US adult population. Respondents’ mean estimate of the percentage of US health care spending funding primary care was 51.8% (SD 24.8, interquartile range [IQR] 40). Respondents’ mean estimate of the percentage of health care needs addressed by primary care was 58.7% (SD 22.2, IQR 28.5) These results reveal a tremendous disparity between current levels of primary care spending (4.7%) and public perceptions of primary care expenditure and value. ABFM Research Read all 2024 Electronic Health Record Usability, Satisfaction, and Burnout for Family Physicians Go to Electronic Health Record Usability, Satisfaction, and Burnout for Family Physicians 2019 Patient and Clinician Perceptions of Prediabetes: A Mixed-Methods Primary Care Study Go to Patient and Clinician Perceptions of Prediabetes: A Mixed-Methods Primary Care Study 2026 Primary Care Physician Continuity Is a Consistent Measure Associated with Lower Costs and Hospitalizations Go to Primary Care Physician Continuity Is a Consistent Measure Associated with Lower Costs and Hospitalizations 2025 Documentation of Compounded GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists in a Large Primary Care Dataset Go to Documentation of Compounded GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists in a Large Primary Care Dataset
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