Advisory Board September 25, 2023
In a STAT article published last week, Jeffrey Millstein, an internist, clinical assistant professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and regional medical director for Penn Primary Care, noted that the most common complaint heard from the patients at his practice is that it has become difficult to schedule an urgent or time-sensitive appointment. While Millstein outlined several factors impacting access to primary care, he pointed to value-based payments as “one of the most profound influences on access to care.”
We think there’s more to the national primary care access issues than just value-based care (VBC). Let’s unpack five factors that are influencing access to primary care.
1. Access issues predate...