Required Readings:

1. Robert Pearl, M.D.  “Study: Primary Care Doctors Increase Life Expectancy, But Does Anyone Care?,” Forbes (April 8, 2019).  https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertpearl/2019/04/08/primary-care-does-anyone-care/#67d50c3a695f

2. Todd Shryock, “HHS launches five new primary care payment models,” Medical Economics (April 23, 2019). https://www.medicaleconomics.com/policy/hhs-launches-five-new-primary-care-payment-models

3. [Executive Summary, pages 1-14] “Primary Care Collaborative Report,” January 9, 2019, regarding high-level recommendations pertaining to primary care health care crisis in Delaware. https://www.pcpcc.org/sites/default/files/news_files/Collaborative%20Report%20-%20January%202019.pdf

Suggested Readings:

1. Sanjay Basu, MD, PhD; Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH; Robert L. Phillips, MD, MSPH; et al Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH; Bruce E. Landon, MD, MBA; Russell S. Phillips, MD; Author Affiliations, “Association of Primary Care Physician Supply With Population Mortality in the United States, 2005-2015,” JAMA Internal Medicine (February 18, 2019).
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2724393

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