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Abstract

To determine the financial requirements of an established primary-care educational program for house officers, we studied two prepaid and two fee-for-service Harvard Primary Care Program affiliated practices. Program-wide, each resident saw an average of 112 patients per month, with patient service costs of $2,580. With teaching and administrative expenses included, total monthly costs averaged $3,120 and $3,270 per trainee for prepaid and fee-for-service practices respectively. In fee-for-service practices, resident billings for patient services averaged $2,790, yielding revenues of $2,510 per month, which offset 77 per cent of total program costs. At current reimbursement rates, covering full program costs in the fee-for-service practices would require an increase of more than 40 per cent in resident-provided patient-care volume. By reducing time available for broad ambulatory experiences, such an increase would necessitate substantial program restructuring and limit opportunities for innovation in the Harvard Primary Care Program.

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