ArticleFrontiers in medicine2014
Having a Family Doctor is Associated with Some Better Patient-Reported Outcomes of Primary Care Consultations.
Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01422031 (Utilization Pattern of Primary Health Care Services in Hong Kong - Does Having a Family Doctor Make Any Difference?), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Utilization Pattern of Primary Health Care Services in Hong Kong - Does Having a Family Doctor Make Any Difference?
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Construction and Scale Development of Willingness to Utilize Primary Care Services: A Study from China.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2023Article
- Optimal information disclosure strategy in the primary healthcare service market: From the perspective of signaling theory.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Preference to Family Doctor Contracted Service of Patients with Chronic Disease in Urban China: A Discrete Choice Experiment.Patient preference and adherence · 2022Article
- Perceived quality of care among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the north east region of peninsular Malaysia.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Analysing the preferences for family doctor contract services in rural China: a study using a discrete choice experiment.BMC family practice · 2020Article
- Effects of FamilyDoctor Concept and Doctor-Patient Interaction Satisfaction on Glycaemic Control among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in the Northeast Region of Peninsular Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Coping better with health problems after a visit to the family physician: associations with patients and physicians characteristics.BMC family practice · 2018Article
- Having a family doctor was associated with lower utilization of hospital-based health services.BMC health services research · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundHong Kong (HK) has pluralistic primary care that is provided by a variety of doctors. The aim of our study was to assess patient-reported outcomes of primary care consultations in HK and whether having a family doctor (FD) made any difference.
methodsWe interviewed by telephone 3148 subjects from 5174 contacted households (response rate 60.8%) randomly selected from the general population of HK about the experience of their last primary care consultations in September 2007 and April 2008. We compared the patient-reported outcomes (PRO) and patient-centered process of care in those with a FD, those with other types of regular primary care doctors (ORD) and those without any regular primary care doctor (NRD). PRO included patient enablement, global improvement in health, overall satisfaction, and likelihood of recommending their doctors to family and friends. Patient-centered process of care indicators was explanations about the illness, and address of patient's concerns.
resultsOne thousand one hundred fifty, 746, and 1157 reported to have FD, ORD, and NRD, respectively. Over 80% of those with FD consulted their usual primary care doctors in the last consultation compared with 27% of those with NRD. Compared with subjects having ORD or NRD, subjects with FD reported being more enabled after the consultation and were more likely to recommend their doctors to family and friends. Subjects with FD and ORD were more likely than those having NRD to report a global improvement in health and satisfaction. FD group was more likely than the other two groups to report receiving an explanation on the diagnosis, nature, and expected course of the illness, and having their concerns addressed. Patient enablement was associated with explanation of diagnosis, nature, and expected course of illness, and address of patient's concerns.
conclusionPeople with a regular FD were more likely to feel being enabled and to experience patient-centered care in consultations.
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