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Measuring provider continuity in ambulatory care: an assessment of alternative approaches.
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New measures are proposed that complement and improve upon certain limitations of existing measures and are applied to a pilot study of hypertensive patients being seen in a medical outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital.Abstract:
A comparison is made of existing measures of provider continuity in ambulatory care to assess differences and limitations. New measures are proposed that complement and improve upon certain limitations of existing measures. These measures are applied to a pilot study of hypertensive patients being seen in a medical outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital. The need for further development and refinement of continuity measures is indicated, and a unifying framework for measuring provider continuity is suggested.read more
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The Role of Provider Continuity in Preventing Hospitalizations
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The effect of continuity of care on emergency department use.
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Continuity of care in a university-based practice.
Naomi Breslau,Kenneth G. Reeb +1 more
TL;DR: Although continuity of well-child visits remained unchanged at the university setting, the continuity of sick visits declined markedly; an increased use of doctor visits for illness care was observed; its relationship with the decline in continuity is analyzed and discussed.
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A field experiment to evaluate various outcomes of continuity of physician care.
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Who receives optimal medical care
TL;DR: The findings of this study indicate that upperclass patients are treated longer by their physicians than lower-class patients, regardless of the type of practitioner used or the period the patient delayed.