Overview
Having a personal health care provider, or Primary Care Provider (PCP), can improve your overall health. Your PCP acts as the main point of contact for all your health care needs, including preventive care, as well as acute and chronic conditions. A provider who knows your health history can help ensure you receive the consistent, personalized care that’s right for you.
Goal
Increase the proportion of socioeconomically disadvantaged community members who have a primary care provider from 27% to the Healthy People 2030 target of 84% by June 30, 2029.
Target Population
Socioeconomically disadvantaged community members
Has a Personal Doctor or Health Care Provider chart description: Chart shows that 27% of socioeconomically disadvantaged adults have a primary care provider, as compared to 65% of randomly surveyed adults. The Healthy People 2030 target for socioeconomically disadvantaged adults having a primary care provider is 84%.
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- Socioeconomically disadvantaged – means living in less favorable social and economic circumstance than others in the same community. For example, it could be not having enough money to meet basic needs, such as rent, food, medicine and transport, or it could be not having access to the same education opportunities or literacy as other people. The disadvantage results from one or more of the following circumstances: poverty, source of income, illiteracy, level of education, address, type of housing or homelessness, employment status or any other similar circumstance.
- Healthy People 2030 (HP2030) sets data-drive national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade. HP2030 objective – increase the proportion of people with health insurance – AHS-01.
