Primary Care Services Account for a Small Share of Medicare Spending

Care provided by primary care practitioners accounts for a small fraction of total spending among Medicare beneficiaries. Depending on whether narrow or expansive definitions of primary care are used, primary care spending represents 2.12% to 4.88% of total medical and prescription spending by Parts A, B and D of the Medicare program.

Source: RAND - April 14, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news