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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Med. 2021 Aug 2;3:21. doi: 10.18332/popmed/140087

Figure 1. Level of agreement with statements about direct primary care by practice model.

Figure 1.

Likert values: 1 = Strongly Agree, 2 = Agree, 3 = Neutral, 4 = Disagree, 5 = Strongly Disagree. Statement #1: In a DPC model, patients may not understand that they still need insurance to cover services that the DPC physician does not provide, such as specialists and hospitalizations (p=0.213). Statement #2: Financial sustainability for DPC physicians is not assured (p=0.056). Statement #3: The fact that DPC patient panels are smaller will worsen the primary care physician shortage (p=0.013). Statement #4: The DPC model only benefits healthy and wealthy patients (p=0.038). Statement #5: Unlimited access to primary care through a DPC model is not likely to lead to improved health outcomes for patients (p=0.028). Statement #6: Lack of control over how DPC physicians practise and what treatments they suggest is likely to result in low quality such as over-treatment or under-treatment (p=0.039). Statistical significance at the 5% level determined by the Mann-Whitney U test. Error bars indicate 95% confidence interval.