Primary Care Physicians Accepting Medicare: A Snapshot
Data Note
Boccuti, Cristina, Christina Swoope, Anthony Damico, and Patricia Neuman. “Medicare Patients’ Access to Physicians: A Synthesis of the Evidence,” Kaiser Family Foundation (December 2013). Boukus, Ellyn, Alwyn Cassil, Ann S. O’Malley. “A Snapshot of U.S. Physicians: Key Findings from the 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey,” Center for Studying Health System Change, Data Bulletin, No. 35 (September 2009).
Kaiser Family Foundation, “Distribution of Medicaid Enrollees by Enrollment Group, 2011.” https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/distribution-of-medicaid-enrollees-by-enrollment-group/
Kaiser Family Foundation / The Commonwealth Fund, “Experiences and Attitudes of Primary Care Providers Under the first Year of ACA Coverage Expansion,” (June 2015).
Calculations from data released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) shows that among non-pediatric primary care physicians, approximately 5 percent are identified as Black or African American and 5 percent as Hispanic or Latino. Association of American Medical Colleges, Diversity in the Physician Workforce: Facts & Figures 2014, Table 11: Primary Care vs. Non-Primary Care by Race, Ethnicity, Age, and Sex, 2013 (December 2014).
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, Chapter 4, March 2015.
Association of American Medical Colleges, “Women in U.S. Academic Medicine and Science: Statistics and Benchmarking Report, 2011-2012.” Table 1: Medical Students, Selected Years, 1965-2011. (2012)
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, Chapter 4, March 2015. Boccuti, Cristina, Christina Swoope, Anthony Damico, and Patricia Neuman. “Medicare Patients’ Access to Physicians: A Synthesis of the Evidence,” Kaiser Family Foundation (December 2013).
Ibid.