Medical Economics October 9, 2023
Various state, regional and national definitions share some common attributes, but don’t all measure the same things; comment period is open now.
Federal researchers hope a standardized definition of primary care will improve measurement and delivery of it.
The U.S. Agency on Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has published “Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending,” a draft technical brief that outlines how various entities quantify primary care. Definitions may be narrow or broad – and there are a lot of them.
“The ability to estimate and track primary care spending using the same standard across all 50 states can allow for benchmarking and comparisons, which is currently not possible with disparate estimation methods, and can help ensure that we have a robust,...
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