Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations

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Results of a study using Medicare claims data for patients obtaining care from a sample of 6,551 primary care physicians. Features statistics including physician characteristics associated with providing continuity of care, with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density.

Andrew Bazemore, Stephen Petterson, Lars E. Peterson, et al.

Annals of Family Medicine, 16(6), 492-497

2018

Healthcare quality · Physicians · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data