PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Philip M. Eskew
AU  - Kathleen Klink
TI  - Direct Primary Care: Practice Distribution and Cost Across the Nation
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.140337
DP  - 2015 Nov 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 793--801
VI  - 28
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/6/793.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/6/793.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2015 Nov 01; 28
AB  - Direct primary care (DPC) is an emerging practice alternative that (1) eliminates traditional third-party fee-for-service billing and (2) charges patients a periodic fee for primary care services. We describe the DPC model by identifying DPC practices across the United States; distinguish it from other practice arrangements, such as the “concierge” practice; and describe the model's pricing using data compiled from existing DPC practices across the United States. Lower price points and a broad distribution of DPC practices were confirmed, but data about quality are lacking.