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Association Between Duration of Patient-Physician Relationship, Experiences Shared Between Patient and Physician, and the Degree to Which Patients Value Continuity of Care (N = 2,504)
Covariates Sum of Squares df F P * Reference category is fee-for-service insurance. Age 0.66 1 1.47 .226 Sex 0.85 1 1.89 .17 Health status 1.92 1 4.27 .04 Number of visits in previous year 23.00 1 51.14 <.001 Number of chronic illnesses 3.01 1 6.69 .010 Number of medications 1.37 1 3.05 .081 Insurance* Medicare 6.44 1 14.31 <.001 Medicaid 1.21 1 2.69 .10 Managed care 1.59 1 3.54 .06 None or other 1.69 1 3.76 .05 Main effects (combined) 96.38 4 53.58 <.001 Been through a lot with doctor 84.56 2 42.28 <.001 Number of years as patient of physician 0.85 2 0.43 .39 Two-way Interaction 4.74 4 2.64 .03 Model 196.30 18 24.25 <.001 Residual 1,117.53 2,485 Total 1,313.83 2,503 - Table 2.
Degree to Which Patients Value Continuity by Duration of Relationship With Physician and Experience Shared Between Patient and Physician
Doctor and I Have Been Through a Lot Together Duration of Relationship Disagree, Strongly Disagree (n = 690) Neutral (n = 895) Agree, Strongly Agree (n = 919) Total (n = 2,504) Note: cell content represents the mean degree to which patients value continuity. Increasing numbers represent increasing value of continuity. Less than 2 years (n = 597) 4.04 4.31 4.61 4.23 2-4 years (n = 834) 4.03 4.39 4.72 4.40 More than 4 years (n = 1,073) 4.25 4.35 4.74 4.54 Total (N = 2,504) 4.10 4.36 4.72 4.42
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Patients are more likely to value an ongoing relationship with their family doctor when they feel that they have been through a lot with the doctor or when they have seen the same doctor over time. Patients place the highest value on an ongoing relationship with the doctor when both factors are present�they have seen the same doctor over time and feel that they have been through a lot together.
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