Patient-Centered Care is Associated with Decreased Health Care Utilization
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...A similar study found that patients who received less patient-centered care incurred 51 percent higher annual charges relative to patients who received more patient-centered care (Bertakis and Azari, 2011)....
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...A growing body of literature finds that provision of patient-centered care is associated with less diagnostic testing and specialty referral, fewer hospitalizations and readmissions, and lower costs (Bertakis & Azari, 2011; Boulding et al., 2011; Epstein et al., 2005; Stewart et al., 2000)....
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