Between 2017 and 2023, primary care visit rates among traditional Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older declined 10.6%, from 2.54 visits per person per year to 2.27 visits per person per year nationwide. Visit rates reached a low of 2.20 visits per person per year in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic before partially rebounding.

The analysis examined 258,324,127 person-years of Medicare claims and administrative data spanning 2017 through 2023 using the Medicare Virtual Research Data Center. All identifying information was removed prior to analysis.

The share of beneficiaries with at least one . . .

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