Access to primary care in Pennsylvania
Why This Indicator Matters
Maintaining access to care requires more than making providers and services available, it involves assuring that the child has a medical home that provides coordination of care.
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Access to primary care
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definitions: The percent of children ages 12 months to 6 years who had a visit with a primary care practitioner within the last year or for children ages 7 to 19 years who had a visit with a primary care provider in the last two years.
Data Source: PPC's report & source documentation can be found at https://www.papartnerships.org/resources-publications/reports/#health-care.
Footnotes:
A weighted average is calculated for this indicator to provide a reflection of the actual percent served within each age group.
The year represents when the PPC or HEDIS reports were published.
Updated December 2022.