What Robert Graham Center does

Robert Graham Center is a nonprofit policy research center wholly operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), headquartered in Leawood, Kansas, and focused exclusively on generating evidence to inform U.S. family medicine and primary care policy. Founded in 1999, the Center employs 11-50 staff and pursues research across four thematic areas: health geography, medical education (particularly GME and the primary care pipeline), primary care costs and payment, and primary care workforce analysis.

The Center's core product surface is a portfolio of free, publicly accessible digital tools and data products. These include interactive mapping platforms (Med School Mapper, HealthLandscape, UDS Mapper), comprehensive GME and primary care data tables, the Social Deprivation Index (SDI), State Map Collections covering all 50 states plus DC, decision-support tools (Primary Care GME-IQ, Triple Double Visualization), and educational curricula (Community-Oriented Primary Care, Population Health, PHATE). It also disseminates findings via publications, a quarterly newsletter, press releases, and Primary Care Forums. Architecturally, the products are built on proprietary, AAFP-sourced workforce and membership datasets and apply geographic and economic analytics rather than AI/ML techniques.

The Center does not have a commercial revenue model: all research, tools, and publications are provided free of charge, with no pricing or paywall. Revenue mechanics are consistent with a nonprofit policy center — primarily AAFP organizational appropriations, supplemented by research grants and partnerships (including with Milbank Memorial Fund, state health agencies, university departments, and practice-based research networks). End-user segments include federal and state health policymakers, medical schools and residency programs, and state/regional health planning organizations; there are no paying enterprise customers, no transactions, and no investor capital.

Name

Robert Graham Center

Legal name

American Academy of Family Physicians

Website

https://graham-center.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Robert Graham Center is a nonprofit policy research center within the American Academy of Family Physicians that produces evidence-based research, interactive mapping tools, and workforce datasets on family medicine and primary care for U.S. policymakers, medical educators, and state health agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Policy Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical & Clinical Reference (Physicians, Nursing, Allied Health) (EDAGAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ), Real-World Data (RWD) / Real-World Evidence (RWE) & Observational Research Platforms (HLACAOAM)

Keywords

• Primary care policy
• Family medicine research
• Health workforce analysis
• Medical education research
• Health data visualization

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Research Grants and Funding: The Robert Graham Center operates as a policy research center under the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), likely funded through a combination of research grants, AAFP organizational support, and potentially government funding for healthcare policy research

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Robert Graham Center is an independent policy research center operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) that conducts evidence-based research on family medicine, primary care, and the health care workforce. It produces interactive data tools, national maps, workforce projections, policy analyses, and publications designed to inform policymakers, educators, and health system planners on primary care delivery in the United States.

Product overview

The Robert Graham Center is a policy research organization specializing in family medicine and primary care. It operates as a single, unified research and data platform offering multiple interconnected tools and resources. The core offerings include: Interactive mapping tools (Med School Mapper, HealthLandscape, UDS Mapper) for visualizing healthcare workforce and education data; Data tables and visualizations (GME Data Tables, Social Deprivation Index, Population Health curricula) for research and analysis; State Map Collections providing state-specific workforce projections, HPSA maps, and residency fact sheets for all U.S. states; and Publications and Forums for disseminating research findings. These products are designed to inform health policy decisions affecting primary care workforce, medical education, payment models, and population health.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interactive Maps Online, queryable geographic data visualizations that allow users to explore primary care, workforce, and demographic information at national and sub-national levels. Targeted at policymakers, researchers, educators, and planners.
• Social Deprivation Index (SDI) A standalone dataset tool that measures socioeconomic deprivation across U.S. geographies to support research on health disparities, social determinants of health, and access to primary care. Targeted at health services researchers and policy analysts.
• Data Tables Standalone downloadable tabular datasets that summarize primary care, workforce, and demographic research findings for use by analysts and researchers.
• Policy Publications and Research Reports Peer-reviewed policy white papers, research reports, and scorecards (e.g., the Primary Care Scorecard) analyzing primary care trends, workforce issues, and health policy in the United States. Targeted at policymakers, educators, and healthcare leaders.
• Workforce Projection Studies Research studies that project primary care physician supply, distribution, and future workforce needs at state and national levels, used by health planners, medical schools, and policymakers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Workforce projections to 2030 accounting for aging, population growth, and increased insurance from the Affordable Care Act
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• State Health Agencies and Planning OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Robert Graham Center collaborates with state and regional health planning organizations on workforce planning. Communities worked with include New Orleans, Louisiana; Rhode Island; and North Carolina. The Center helps states plan for efficient healthcare workforce and optimal access to care.
• Research Groups and Practice-based Research NetworkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with other research groups and practice-based research networks for conducting primary care economic research and workforce analysis.
• State and Local Government AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking with state and local agencies to develop new evidence regarding costs of primary care practice transformation, economic impact of primary care, and new methods of paying for primary care.
• University DepartmentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative relationships with university departments for medical education research and workforce analysis.
• The AAFP (American Academy of Family Physicians)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Robert Graham Center is an internal policy center of the AAFP. Collaboration includes joint research efforts and shared access to AAFP membership data for workforce research.
• Milbank Memorial FundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on the Primary Care Scorecard Data Dashboard project.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Milbank Memorial Fund: Philanthropic funder and publisher of health policy research, with whom the Robert Graham Center co-developed the Primary Care Scorecard Data Dashboard. Direct overlap in primary-care performance measurement and population health policy.
• Commonwealth Fund: Independent foundation focused on health policy, including primary care payment and delivery reform. Comparable as a privately funded health policy research producer that informs federal and state policymakers.
• Urban Institute: Policy research organization with a substantial health policy portfolio covering healthcare access, payment, and workforce. Comparable research-and-evidence delivery model aimed at federal and state decision-makers.
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): Operates the nation's leading physician workforce data and projection programs. Highly comparable to the Graham Center's workforce and GME research, though anchored on academic medicine rather than family medicine specifically.
• Health Affairs: Leading health policy journal and research publisher covering payment reform, workforce, and primary care. Comparable as a primary-care policy knowledge publisher serving the same policymaker and research audiences.
• Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF): Major nonprofit health policy research organization producing independent analysis on healthcare workforce, payment, and access. Comparable scale, audience, and policy-research operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Mathematica: Major policy research and data analytics firm with significant federal health and human services work. Overlaps with the Graham Center on health workforce and access research, but delivers across a much broader portfolio of social policy topics.
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Federal agency producing healthcare delivery, workforce, and primary-care research. Strong overlap with the Graham Center's evidence-based research role, though operating as a federal government entity rather than a nonprofit policy center.
• RAND Corporation: Large, diversified policy research organization with a substantial health division. Overlaps with the Graham Center on healthcare workforce, payment, and access research, but operates across many policy domains at much greater scale.
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Large national health philanthropy funding research and analysis on health equity, primary care, and population health. Comparable funder-driven model producing evidence used by policymakers, though much broader in scope than the Graham Center's family-medicine focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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