Slides from the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, documenting the benefits of having good primary care, improving both cost and outcomes.

3. “ Across the globe doctors are miserable because they feel like hamsters on a treadmill. They must run faster just to stand still… The result of the wheel going faster is not only a reduction in the quality of care but also a reduction in professional satisfaction and an increase in burnout among doctors.” Morrison and Smith, BMJ 2000;321:1541 Primary Care: Currently an Impossible Job?

5. Primary Care Score vs. Total Expenditures , 1997 Starfield 10/00 00-133 US NTH CAN AUS SWE JAP BEL FR GER SP DK FIN UK Starfield 10/00 IC 1731

6. Primary care score vs rank in outcomes * Rank based on patient satisfaction, expenditures per person, 14 health indicators, and medications per person in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

8. Total cost of healthcare vs availability of Primary Care

9. Total cost of healthcare vs availability of Specialists

10. Quality Rank vs availability of Primary Care

11. Quality Rank vs availability of Specialists