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“Longevity is having a chronic disease – and taking care of it.”
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Health
Primary care is the only aspect of health care shown to increase longevity on a population level. For every one Primary Care Physician you add to a population of 10,000 people, you decrease the mortality of that population by up to 10%. PC4You doubles Primary Care investment in Massachusetts in order to maximize the health of all residents of MA.
Primary Care Decreases Morbidity and Mortality of Common Illnesses
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Access to primary care is directly associated with improved outcomes across different ailments including infant mortality and morbidity, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, stroke, and cardiovascular disease, among other diagnoses that can significantly impact life expectancy.
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Family Medicine is associated with a decrease in all-cause mortality across populations, a relationship that has not been found in specialist care.
Primary Care Targets Systemic Issues
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Improving the way we provide primary care with PC4You is one of the many important ways of dismantling the structural racism embedded within our health systems.
Primary Care Increases Lifespan
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For every 1 additional primary care physicians per 10,000 people, there is an associated increase in life expectancy of about two months for each of those 10,000 people!
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Restricted access to adequate medical care accounts for about 1 in 10 premature deaths.
Primary Care Reduces the Racial Disparities in Life Expectancy
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The life expectancy of white individuals still exceeds their Black counterparts by 5 years as of 2020. This gap has continued to widen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Investment in primary care in communities historically marginalized by the medical system delivers more equitable access to the benefits of primary care: increased longevity, improved overall health, and closing the gap in life expectancy.