ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2003
Patients seeking care during acute illness. Why do they not see their regular physicians?
Article in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify factors that predict whether patients prefer seeing their regular physicians and whether they do see their regular physicians during acute illness.
designCross-sectional, population-based telephone survey.
settingUrban areas in southern Ontario.
participantsRandom sample of 304 people who had regular physicians, insurance coverage, and had last seen a physician for acute illness. Of the 304, 256 (84.2%) preferred seeing their regular physicians during acute illness, and 48 (15.8%) did not. Of those who preferred seeing their regular physicians, 131 (51.2%) did see their regular physicians, 125 (48.8%) did not
main outcome measuresPreference for seeing regular physician and seeing regular physician during acute illness.
resultsMultiple logistic regression found that believing continuity of care was important and traveling further increased, while recent hospitalization and difficulty seeing physicians during or after office hours decreased, the likelihood of actually seeing their regular physicians.
conclusionAlmost half the patients who preferred seeing their regular physicians for acute illness did not actually see their regular physicians. Improving access to regular physicians might encourage patients to always try to see them.
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