Provider continuity in family medicine: does it make a difference for total health care costs?
peer reviewed ; BACKGROUND: International comparisons of health care systems have shown a relationship at the macro level between a well-structured primary health care plan and lower total health care costs. The objective of this study was to assess whether provider continuity with a family physician is related to lower health care costs using the individual patient as the unit of analysis. METHODS: We undertook a study of a stratified sample of patients (age, sex, region, insurance company) for which 2 cohorts were constructed based on the patients' utilization pattern of family medicine (pro... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2003 |
Verlag/Hrsg.: |
Annals of Family Medicine
Inc |
Schlagwörter: | Adult / Aged / 80 and over / Belgium / Cohort Studies / Continuity of Patient Care/economics/standards / Cost-Benefit Analysis / Family Practice/economics/standards / Female / Health Care Costs / Humans / Linear Models / Male / Middle Aged / Office Visits/economics / Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) / Patient Participation / Patient Satisfaction / Patient-Centered Care/economics/standards / Physician-Patient Relations / Quality Assurance / Health Care / Human health sciences / Public health / health care sciences & services / Sciences de la santé humaine / Santé publique / services médicaux & soins de santé |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26585380 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/56680 |