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The General Public Vastly Overestimates Primary Care Spending in the United States

Melissa Ma, Rebecca Etz, Andrew Bazemore and Kevin Grumbach
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2025, 23 (2) 165-167; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.240413
Melissa Ma
1School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Rebecca Etz
2The Larry A. Green Center, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Andrew Bazemore
3The American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
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Kevin Grumbach
4Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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vol. 23 no. 2 165-167
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.240413
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39993914

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1544-1709
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1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication August 23, 2024
  • Revision received November 13, 2024
  • Accepted for publication November 19, 2024
  • Published online March 24, 2025.

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  1. Melissa Ma, BS1⇑,
  2. Rebecca Etz, PhD2,
  3. Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH3 and
  4. Kevin Grumbach, MD4
  1. 1School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
  2. 2The Larry A. Green Center, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University
  3. 3The American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
  4. 4Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Melissa Ma, UCSF School of Medicine, 533 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, Melissa.Ma{at}ucsf.edu

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