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 Annals of Family Medicine 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 2025 Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019 Go to Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019 2020 Primary Care Spending in the United States, 2002-2016 Go to Primary Care Spending in the United States, 2002-2016 2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? 2024 How Early Career Family Medicine Women Physicians Negotiate Their First Job After Residency. Go to How Early Career Family Medicine Women Physicians Negotiate Their First Job After Residency.
Author(s) Ma, Melissa, Etz, Rebecca S, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Grumbach, Kevin Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2025 Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019 Go to Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019 2020 Primary Care Spending in the United States, 2002-2016 Go to Primary Care Spending in the United States, 2002-2016 2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? 2024 How Early Career Family Medicine Women Physicians Negotiate Their First Job After Residency. Go to How Early Career Family Medicine Women Physicians Negotiate Their First Job After Residency.
2025 Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019 Go to Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019
2020 Primary Care Spending in the United States, 2002-2016 Go to Primary Care Spending in the United States, 2002-2016
2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice?
2024 How Early Career Family Medicine Women Physicians Negotiate Their First Job After Residency. Go to How Early Career Family Medicine Women Physicians Negotiate Their First Job After Residency.
