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Researchers explore whether regions with more primary care physicians have healthier seniors
Thursday, 26 May 2011 15:47

Researchers explore whether regions with more primary care physicians have healthier seniorsA recent article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that Medicare beneficiaries who live in areas with more primary care physicians per population tend to have lower rates of mortality and hospitalization.

Researchers wrote that strengthening the role of primary care is crucial to improving patient outcomes and maintaining the well-being of older Americans.

"With the aging population and the waning interest in primary care by U.S. medical school graduates, some have projected a large shortage of general internists and family physicians to care for a growing number of elderly patients," the authors wrote in their paper.

They added that there has been a steadily growing interest in expanding the primary care workforce to improve care quality and cost effectiveness.

The team found that regions that had a larger number of family physicians tended to have lower rates of mortality, fewer ambulatory care hospitalizations and reduced spending among Medicare beneficiaries.

The researchers said that a central concept of primary care - such as ambulatory services delivered in an office or clinic setting by trained family physicians - can have significant benefits on the well-being of older patients.
 

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