ArticlePloS one2019
Association between continuity of care and long-term mortality in Taiwanese first-ever stroke survivors: An 8-year cohort study.
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- Community Participation Transition After Stroke (COMPASS) Randomized Controlled Trial: Effect on Adverse Health Events.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2024Trial
- Nurses' Experiences of Providing Dysphagia Services Through the Internet+Nursing Service Care Model: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Association between continuity of primary care and preventable hospitalization in adults with asthma: A cohort study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Relationship between continuity of primary care and hospitalisation for patients with COPD: population-based cohort study from South Korea.BMJ open respiratory research · 2024Article
- Primary Health Care in transitional care of people with stroke.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Home Care Interventions in Patients with Moderate to Severe Craniocerebral Injury Combined with Epilepsy.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundContinuity of care is considered to be an important principle of stroke care; however, few analyses of empirically related outcomes have been reported.
objectiveThis study examined the correlation between the continuity of care for outpatients after a stroke event and the survival of stroke patients over the year following hospital discharge. RESEARCH
designData from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database were used in this study. We defined stroke as the ICD-9-CM codes 430 to 437, and all patients were followed up regarding their survival for at least one year. The modified modified continuity index (MMCI) was used as the indicator of continuity of care. Cox proportional hazard models with robust sandwich variance estimates were employed to analyze the correlation between continuity of care and stroke-related death.
resultsA total of 9,252 stroke patients were included in the analysis. Those patients who had a high and a completed COC had a higher percentage of survival (97.25% and 95.39%) compared to the other two groups. After controlling for other variables, compared with the low-level continuity of care group, the moderate-level, high-level and completed continuity of care groups still showed a significantly lower risk of death HR (95% CI) were: 0.63 (0.49-0.80), 0.56 (0.40-0.79) and 0.50 (0.39-0.63), respectively.
conclusionContinuity of care may increase the survival among stroke patients and therefore plays an important role in management of stroke after survival.
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