The Primary Care Spending Report is built using All Payer All Claims (APAC) claims payment, non-claims payment, and enrollment data. This data represents at least 90% of Oregonians but does not include people in health plans that are not required to report to APAC or people without insurance. In addition, there are numerous definitions of primary care, some of which are much broader than others, and precisely identifying primary care providers can be very difficult. This report uses the specific definition of primary care and primary care providers in SB 231 (2015). For these reasons, please use caution when interpreting the results or comparing them to reports from other states.
Research finds that a robust primary care infrastructure improves the health and well-being of populations. In 2017, the Oregon legislature set a goal for 12 percent of all health care spending in Oregon to go toward primary care services by 2023. This benchmark aligns with primary care spending in high-performing health systems internationally.
An in-depth description of the report methodology and other definitions can be found in the Methodology and Glossary Document that accompanies the Oregon Primary Care Spending Executive Summary.