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HEALTH CARE REFORM
Declines in Physician Acceptance of Medicare and Private Coverage
Tara F. Bishop, MD, MPH;
Alex D. Federman, MD, MPH;
Salomeh Keyhani, MD, MPH
Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(12):1117-1119. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.251
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A number of articles in the lay and medical press report a decline in the number of physicians who accept patients with Medicare1-3; however, to our knowledge, recent trends in acceptance of different types of insurance have not been examined. Using data from a national survey of physicians, we examined trends in physician acceptance of different types of insurance and self-pay patients. Understanding these trends can help inform policy makers of potential access problems, particularly given the shortages in primary care, an aging population, growing prevalence of chronic disease, and insurance expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.4-6
Methods
We performed an analysis of trends from 2005 through 2008 using data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). NAMCS is a nationally representative survey administered by the Centers for Disease Control's National Center . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Author Affiliations: Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness, Departments of Public Health and Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (Dr Bishop); Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (Dr Federman); and Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Hospital, San Francisco (Dr Keyhani).
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