U.S. low in primary care physician visits

We’re [not] number one! We’re [far from] number one!

A study published in the online edition of the British Medical Journal showed patient-physician time in the US is about half the average of New Zealand and one-third of Australia.

“The substantially shorter time per capita in the US was the biggest difference we saw in our study. Such a severe shortfall impacts preventive care and management of chronic conditions in the US and could explain why the US does not achieve health outcomes that correspond to its higher level of investment in health care,” said study lead author Andrew Bindman, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco.

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