Medical Economics March 1, 2024
Richard Payerchin

Three experts discuss growing patient awareness, health care disparities, and how schools play a role in ensuring care for children.

Patients are becoming more and more aware of the primary care crisis building in America.

Why? Because they can’t get appointments with primary care doctors.

That includes both aging Americans dealing with chronic diseases and children just getting a start in life, said three experts who discussed the issues this week.

On Feb. 28, the Milbank Memorial Fund, The Physicians Foundation, and the Robert Graham Center of the American Academy of Family Physicians unveiled “The Health of US Primary Care: 2024 Scorecard Report – No One Can See You Now.” It was the second annual report on the state of...

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