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 2019 Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings Go to Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings 2022 Racial/Ethnic Representation Among American Board of Family Medicine Certification Candidates from 1970 to 2020 Go to Racial/Ethnic Representation Among American Board of Family Medicine Certification Candidates from 1970 to 2020 2025 Heterogeneity of diagnosis and documentation of post-COVID conditions in primary care: A machine learning analysis Go to Heterogeneity of diagnosis and documentation of post-COVID conditions in primary care: A machine learning analysis 2020 Burnout Among Family Physicians by Gender and Age Go to Burnout Among Family Physicians by Gender and Age
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
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings Go to Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings 2022 Racial/Ethnic Representation Among American Board of Family Medicine Certification Candidates from 1970 to 2020 Go to Racial/Ethnic Representation Among American Board of Family Medicine Certification Candidates from 1970 to 2020 2025 Heterogeneity of diagnosis and documentation of post-COVID conditions in primary care: A machine learning analysis Go to Heterogeneity of diagnosis and documentation of post-COVID conditions in primary care: A machine learning analysis 2020 Burnout Among Family Physicians by Gender and Age Go to Burnout Among Family Physicians by Gender and Age
2019 Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings Go to Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings
2022 Racial/Ethnic Representation Among American Board of Family Medicine Certification Candidates from 1970 to 2020 Go to Racial/Ethnic Representation Among American Board of Family Medicine Certification Candidates from 1970 to 2020
2025 Heterogeneity of diagnosis and documentation of post-COVID conditions in primary care: A machine learning analysis Go to Heterogeneity of diagnosis and documentation of post-COVID conditions in primary care: A machine learning analysis
2020 Burnout Among Family Physicians by Gender and Age Go to Burnout Among Family Physicians by Gender and Age
