Becker's Healthcare July 19, 2019
Minnesota invested the most in primary care among 29 states examined in a new analysis.
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative’s 2019 Evidence Report, “Investing in Primary Care: A State-Level Analysis,” looked at how much public and private payers in states spent on primary care from 2011 through 2016, using data from the latest HHS medical expenditure panel survey.
For the analysis, researchers considered both broad and narrow definitions for investment in primary care. The narrow definition involved spending by public and private payers related to primary care physicians in offices and outpatient settings. The broad definition included primary care physicians in offices and outpatient settings but also other primary care clinical team workers such as nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants,...