Providing more primary care services and making sure patients routinely see primary care clinicians do not guarantee patients will have better outcomes, according to a new report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project.
Access to primary care does not always keep people with chronic conditions out of the hospital or improve chances of getting the care they need for their condition, said the report, based on studies of Medicare beneficiaries.
To see improved outcomes, the report recommends improving services, more effectively integrating care and coordinating it with other providers.
Read the Dartmouth Atlas Project report on primary care services.
Read more coverage of primary care services:
- As Population Ages, Geriatric Specialists in Short Supply
- CMS Launches State-Based Multi-Payor Medical Home Demonstration
- Study: U.K. Effort to Improve Primary Care Has Lessons for U.S.
Access to primary care does not always keep people with chronic conditions out of the hospital or improve chances of getting the care they need for their condition, said the report, based on studies of Medicare beneficiaries.
To see improved outcomes, the report recommends improving services, more effectively integrating care and coordinating it with other providers.
Read the Dartmouth Atlas Project report on primary care services.
Read more coverage of primary care services:
- As Population Ages, Geriatric Specialists in Short Supply
- CMS Launches State-Based Multi-Payor Medical Home Demonstration
- Study: U.K. Effort to Improve Primary Care Has Lessons for U.S.