Optimising personal continuity: a survey of GPs’ and older patients’ views

Background: Personal continuity — having a GP who knows their patients and keeps track of them — is an important dimension of continuity of care and is associated with lower mortality rates, higher quality of life, and reduced healthcare costs. In recent decades it has become more challenging for GPs to provide personal continuity owing to changes in society and health care. Aim: To investigate GPs’ and older patients’ views on personal continuity and how personal continuity can be improved. Design & setting: Cross sectional survey study in The Netherlands. Method: A digital and postal sur... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Lex Groot
Marije te Winkel
Henk Schers
Jako Burgers
Martin Smalbrugge
Annemarie Uijen
Henriëtte van der Horst
Otto Maarsingh
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Reihe/Periodikum: BJGP Open, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2023)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Royal College of General Practitioners
Schlagwörter: aged / 80 and over / continuity of care / general practice / netherlands / physician-patient relations / quality of life / surveys and questionnaires / Medicine (General) / R5-920
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0099