More comprehensive care among family physicians is associated with lower costs and fewer hospitalizations
PURPOSE Comprehensiveness is lauded as 1 of the 5 core virtues of primary care, but its
relationship with outcomes is unclear. We measured associations between variations in …
relationship with outcomes is unclear. We measured associations between variations in …
Higher primary care physician continuity is associated with lower costs and hospitalizations
PURPOSE Continuity of care is a defining characteristic of primary care associated with
lower costs and improved health equity and care quality. However, we lack provider-level …
lower costs and improved health equity and care quality. However, we lack provider-level …
Trends in outpatient care for Medicare beneficiaries and implications for primary care, 2000 to 2019
ML Barnett, A Bitton, J Souza… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
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Supplement. Background: Despite the central role of primary care in improving health …
Supplement. Background: Despite the central role of primary care in improving health …
Comparison of low-value care in Medicaid vs commercially insured populations
Importance Reducing unnecessary tests and treatments is a potentially promising approach
for improving the value of health care. However, relatively little is known about whether …
for improving the value of health care. However, relatively little is known about whether …
Delivery system integration and health care spending and quality for Medicare beneficiaries
Importance The Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) programs rely on delivery
system integration and health care provider risk sharing to lower spending while improving …
system integration and health care provider risk sharing to lower spending while improving …
Analysis of physician variation in provision of low-value services
Importance Facing new financial incentives to reduce unnecessary spending, health care
organizations may attempt to reduce wasteful care by influencing physician practices or …
organizations may attempt to reduce wasteful care by influencing physician practices or …
[HTML][HTML] Measuring comprehensiveness of primary care: challenges and opportunities
AS O'Malley, EC Rich - Journal of general internal medicine, 2015 - Springer
Comprehensiveness of primary care (the extent to which the clinician, as part of the primary
care team, recognizes and meets the majority of each patient's physical and mental health …
care team, recognizes and meets the majority of each patient's physical and mental health …
Patient-sharing networks of physicians and health care utilization and spending among Medicare beneficiaries
Importance Physicians are embedded in informal networks in which they share patients,
information, and behaviors. Objective We examined the association between physician …
information, and behaviors. Objective We examined the association between physician …
Provider continuity in family medicine: does it make a difference for total health care costs?
JM De Maeseneer, L De Prins, C Gosset… - The Annals of Family …, 2003 - Annals Family Med
BACKGROUND International comparisons of health care systems have shown a
relationship at the macro level between a well-structured primary health care plan and lower …
relationship at the macro level between a well-structured primary health care plan and lower …
[HTML][HTML] Two-year costs and quality in the comprehensive primary care initiative
SB Dale, A Ghosh, DN Peikes, TJ Day… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The 4-year, multipayer Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative was started in
October 2012 to determine whether several forms of support would produce changes in care …
October 2012 to determine whether several forms of support would produce changes in care …