Table 5.
Average PCP Caseloads
| Rural–Urban Continuum Code | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Assumptions | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Consumers can only access PCPs in own county | 1,029 | 2,297 | 1,339 | 1,233 | 1,439 | 1,245 | 2,213 | 1,846 | 3,935 | 2,959 |
| Consumers choose closest PCP | 2,798 | 4,304 | 3,268 | 2,940 | 3,199 | 2,516 | 3,097 | 2,343 | 4,338 | 3,293 |
| Probability declines exponentially with distance: average distance=5 miles | 1,089 | 2,148 | 1,347 | 1,448 | 1,659 | 1,663 | 2,207 | 1,948 | 3,343 | 2,648 |
| Probability declines exponentially with distance: average distance=10 miles | 1,013 | 1,461 | 1,129 | 1,257 | 1,475 | 1,472 | 1,774 | 1,775 | 2,266 | 2,093 |
Source: Authors' calculations using data from the AMA Masterfile and U.S. Census data. See note to Table 2 for states included.
PCP, Primary Care Physician; AMA, American Medical Association.