ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2011
Continuity of care is good for elderly people with diabetes: retrospective cohort study of mortality and hospitalization.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of continuity of care on health outcomes among patients with diabetes mellitus and/or hypertension: a systematic review.BMC family practice · 2021Pooled it
- Primary medical care continuity and patient mortality: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2020Pooled it
- Continuity of care with doctors-a matter of life and death? A systematic review of continuity of care and mortality.BMJ open · 2018Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Quality Incentive Payments in General Practice (EQuIP-GP) cluster randomized trial: impact on patient-reported experience.Family practice · 2022Trial
- Personalised Approach to the Management of Older People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus-A Comprehensive Narrative Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Continuity of Primary Care in Community Health Centers.Annals of family medicine · 2026Article
- Continuity of care and risk of vision loss in patients with newly developed macular degeneration.Acta ophthalmologica · 2026Article
- Continuity of Care in Federally Qualified Health Centers: Examining Patient-Provider Relationships and Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM · 2025Article
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- Continuity of care and mortality for patients with chronic disease: an observational study using Norwegian registry data.Family practice · 2023Observational
- Measuring continuity of care for diabetes: which visits to include?The American journal of managed care · 2023Article
- The associations of continuity of care with inpatient, outpatient, and total medical care costs among older adults with urinary incontinence.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- The value of family medicine: An impossible job, done impossibly well.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2023Article
- Patient experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in Dutch primary care.BJGP open · 2022Article
- Continuity of care for patients with chronic disease: a registry-based observational study from Norway.Family practice · 2022Observational
- Association between continuity of care (COC), healthcare use and costs: what can we learn from claims data? A rapid review.BMC health services research · 2022Review
- Personal continuity of GP care and outpatient specialist visits in people with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional survey.PloS one · 2022Article
- The cost-saving effect of continuity of care (COC): an analysis of institutional COC on diabetic treatment costs using panel 2SLS regressions.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Primary Care Networks and Starfield's 4Cs: A Case for Enhanced Chronic Disease Management.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the relationship between continuity of family physician care and all-cause mortality and acute hospitalizations in older people with diabetes.
designRetrospective cohort study of administrative health databases. Continuity of family physician care for elderly patients newly diagnosed with diabetes was estimated by 3 continuity indexes using physician claims data. The relationship of continuity of family physician care to mortality and acute hospitalizations was investigated.
settingThe province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
participantsA total of 305 family practice patients 65 years of age or older with diabetes.
main outcome measuresDeath rate and hospitalization rate during a 3-year period.
resultsOverall, continuity of family physician care was high. In the 3 years examined, the higher-continuity group had lower rates of hospitalization (53.5% vs 68.2%) and death (8.6% vs 18.5%) than the lower-continuity group.
conclusionThe findings suggest an association between higher continuity of family physician care and reductions in likelihood of death and hospitalizations in older people with diabetes.
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