ReviewCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2021
Why does continuity of care with family doctors matter? Review and qualitative synthesis of patient and physician perspectives.
Review in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Facilitating access to mental healthcare for patients with long-term conditions in general practice: a qualitative collective case study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Fragmentation by design.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2026Article
- Which aspects of continuity of care in primary care are associated with better self-rated health? A cross-sectional study among older adults in Berlin.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Role of family medicine on health systems in the Americas: scoping review.Family medicine and community health · 2026Article
- Continuity of care in UK primary care: a scoping review of measures, challenges, and future interventions.Primary health care research & development · 2026Article
- Improving care coordination for socially complex perinatal patients: A human-centered design study.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Continuity and discontinuity of end-of-life care: A grounded theory study of bereaved family caregivers' experiences.Palliative care and social practice · 2026Article
- Revisiting, reassessing, and reinterpreting 2 big ideas for family medicine: 2025 Dr Ian McWhinney Lecture Series.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2026Article
- Improving continuity of care in Finnish primary health care: Insights from a nationwide qualitative study of primary care physicians.The European journal of general practice · 2025Article
- What makes general practice work: the role of continuity in efficient and sustainable primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2025Article
- Quantifying, Understanding and Enhancing Relational Continuity of Care (QUERCC): a mixed-methods protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Role of primary care in depression relapse: a qualitative study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2025Article
- Perspectives of primary care nurses on the organization of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout: a qualitative study.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease and access to palliative care: Retrospective cohort study in primary care.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2025Article
- Patient-Centered Care in Family Medicine: Strategies for Continuity and Comprehensive Care for Older Adults - A Mixed-Methods Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Article
- Key Motivators and Framework for Integrated Care by Family Physician Team Members in Urban China.International journal of health policy and management · 2025Article
- Impact of family doctor contracted services on the health of migrants: a cross-sectional study in China.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effects of Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations on children's access to and utilization of health services.Health services research · 2024Article
- Communication during telemedicine consultations in general practice: perspectives from general practitioners and their patients.BMC primary care · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo summarize and synthesize qualitative studies that report patient and physician perspectives on continuity of care in family practice. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), and PsycInfo (Ovid) were searched for qualitative primary research reporting perspectives of patients, physicians, or both, on continuity of care in family practice. STUDY SELECTION: English-language qualitative studies were selected (eg, interviews, focus groups, mixed methods) that were conducted in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, New Zealand, or Australia. SYNTHESIS: Themes were extracted, summarized, and synthesized. Six overarching themes emerged: continuity of care enables person-centred care; continuity of care increases quality of care; continuity of care leads to greater confidence in medical decision making; continuity of care comes with drawbacks; the absence of continuity of care may lead to medical and psychological harm; and continuity of care can foster greater joy and meaning in a physician's work. Out of the 6 themes, patients and physicians shared the first 5.
conclusionTo the authors' knowledge, this is the first qualitative review reporting the unique perspectives of both patients and family physicians on continuity of care. The findings add nuanced insight to the importance of continuity of care in family practice.
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