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Continuity of Care Associated with Improved Health Care Outcomes
By American Academy of Family Physicians,
Mar 30, 2005 - 6:21:38 AM
While the discipline of family medicine has always been predicated on a core assumption that interpersonal continuity of care the ongoing relationship between an individual doctor and patient is important, individual studies measuring its impact on health care outcomes and cost have yielded conflicting results.
In a critical review that synthesizes the findings of 41 research studies, researchers found a significant association between interpersonal continuity and improved preventive care and lower rates of hospitalization.
Although even fewer studies addressing the association between continuity and cost exist, a review of 20 studies found an association between interpersonal continuity and lower cost variables.
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