At a Glance | February 6, 2020 Attitudes Toward Primary Care Providers Differ by Generation Findings from the 2019 Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey of 2,068 privately insured adults. WHO HAS PRIMARY CARE? Percentage of Respondents With a Primary Care Physician By Generational Cohort Most individuals reported having a primary care provider. Boomers were more likely than Gen Xers and Millennials to 82% 74% 65% have a primary care provider. of of of Boomers Gen Xers Millennials 82+82 00+J 74+74 J+00 +6565 00+J DIFFERING VIEWS Views on Primary Care Provider’s Role Baby Boomers were much How Strongly Do You more likely than Millennials to Agree or Disagree With Generational the Following Statement: Cohort Strongly Agree strongly agree that they are 69% comfortable telling their primary Boomers I am comfortable telling my 54% care provider about any health primary doctor about any health issue Gen Xers I may have 47% issue that they may have, that Millennials it is important that their doctor 63% Boomers knows them and their medical It is important to me that my 48% doctor knows me and my medical Gen Xers history personally, that it is history personally 45% Millennials important that their primary care provider is aware of all 65% Boomers It is important to me that my primary of the other medical care that 48% doctor is aware of all the other medical Gen Xers they receive, and that they care that I receive from other providers 38% Millennials see their own primary care provider at every visit. 51% Boomers It is important to me that I see my own 41% primary care provider every time Gen Xers Gen Xers preferred an office 32% Millennials with all physicians in one place. Millennials were slightly more 20% Boomers I prefer a doctor’s office that has all of likely to rely on themselves 25% the doctors that I need all in one place Gen Xers regarding health care. 22% Millennials 16% Boomers After seeing my primary doctor, I make 17% healthier lifestyle choices Gen Xers 21% Millennials 14% Boomers I rely on myself, more than my primary 17% doctor, to make decisions about my Gen Xers medical care 20% Millennials SOURCE: Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald & Associates, “ The 2019 EBRI/Greenwald & Associates Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey” (Employee Benefit Research Institute, December 19, 2019). © 2020 EBRI This report is copyrighted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). You may copy, print, or download this report solely for personal and noncommercial use, provided that all hard copies retain any and all copyright and other applicable notices contained therein, and you may cite or quote small portions of the report provided that you do so verbatim and with proper citation. Any use beyond the scope of the foregoing requires EBRI’s prior express permission. For permissions, please contact EBRI at permissions@ebri.org.