Health Payer Intelligence November 27, 2023
During preventive care visits, physicians were more likely to provide counseling provision and order screening labs than at problem-based visits.
The share of primary care visits focused on preventive care nearly doubled between 2001 and 2019, with the steepest growth among Medicare beneficiaries, a Health Affairs study found.
Periodic preventive visits can help establish longitudinal patient-provider relationships and improve intermediate health outcomes, such as cholesterol, blood pressure, and body mass index. However, some stakeholders have questioned the value of preventive visits and how often they should occur.
Researchers used data from the 2001-2019 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) to determine how the share of primary care visits with a preventive focus has changed over time and how the issues...
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