ArticleHealth services research2018
Trends in the Types of Usual Sources of Care: A Shift from People to Places or Nothing at All.
Article in Health services research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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- The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services State Innovation Models Initiative and Social Risk Factors: Improved Diagnosis Among Hospitalized Adults With Diabetes.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations.Annals of family medicine · 2018Article
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- Having a Usual Source of Care Is Associated with Longer Telomere Length in a National Sample of Older Adults.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFMArticle
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Abstract
objective(1) To examine usual source of care (USC) trends across four categories (No USC, Person USC, Person, in Facility USC, and Facility USC), and (2) to determine whether USC types are associated with emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions. DATA SOURCE: 1996-2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys. STUDY
designWe stratified each USC category, by age, region, gender, poverty, insurance, race/ethnicity, and education and used regression to determine the characteristics associated with USC types, ED visits, and hospital admissions. PRINCIPAL
findingsThose with No USC and Facility USCs increased 10 and 18 percent, respectively, while those with Person USCs decreased by 43 percent. Compared to those in the lowest income bracket, those in the highest income bracket were less likely to have a Facility USC. Among those with low incomes, individuals with No USC, Person, in Facility, and Facility USCs were more likely to have ED visits than those with Person USCs.
conclusionsA growing number are reporting facilities as their USCs or none at all. The impact of these trends is uncertain, although we found that some USC types are associated with ED visits and hospital admissions. Tracking USCs will be crucial to measuring progress toward enhanced care efficiency.
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