The Area Health Education Center for Western Washington (AHECWW) is proud to partner with the Washington Healthcare Access Alliance to release the 2021 Washington State Primary Care Needs Assessment (PCNA).  

This report provides an overview of primary care capacity in Washington and identifies priorities for programming and legislation. An advisory committee of diverse area experts was consulted in regard to structure, content, and sources. Data included were collected from a wide range of public, private, and for-profit and nonprofit partners in the fields of healthcare, economics, education, and social services. 

The full report is available here for download.

Three sections are also available as excerpts:

The Executive Summary lists findings in brief and recommendations and two sections are available as stand alone documents below.

PCNA development was supported by the Washington State Department of Health Primary Care Office.