The Association of Longitudinal and Interpersonal Continuity of Care with Emergency Department Use, Hospitalization, and Mortality among Medicare Beneficiaries

BACKGROUND: Continuity of medical care is widely believed to lead to better health outcomes and service utilization patterns for patients. Most continuity studies, however, have only used administrative claims to assess longitudinal continuity with a provider. As a result, little is known about how...

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Autores principales: Bentler, Suzanne E., Morgan, Robert O., Virnig, Beth A., Wolinsky, Fredric D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4274086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25531108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115088