Research ArticleFamily Medicine UpdatesF

Learning From COVID-19: System Blindness to Primary Care

Warren P. Newton, Elizabeth Baxley and Michael Magill
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2021, 19 (3) 282-284; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2705

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  • Published on: (11 May 2021)
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    RE: Visit counts for primary care

    Thank you, Dr. HansPetersen, for catching a typo: the true number is over 400,000,000. The Robert Graham Center chartbook is a very good source for this kind of information: https://www.graham-center.org/content/dam/rgc/documents/publications-rep....

    Warren Newton

    Competing Interests: None declared.
  • Published on: (11 May 2021)
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    RE: Primary Care visit numbers

    In the opening paragraph of the article, the authors state: "Together, in a typical year in the United States, they [primary care practices?] provide over 400,000 office visits annually..."

    This number seems surprisingly low, particularly when the number of primary care providers is listed as "tens of thousands" a few sentences later.

    Being but one primary care provider, I am certain that I have seen more than 40 patients already this year. Have I been doing more than my fair share?

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