Observational studyThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2024
Continuity and breaches in GP care and their associations with mortality for patients with chronic disease: an observational study using Norwegian registry data.
Observational study in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Continuity of care in UK primary care: a scoping review of measures, challenges, and future interventions.Primary health care research & development · 2026Article
- Identifying patient and provider determinants of primary care experiences and outcomes for persons with chronic conditions: a multilevel analysis of a nation-wide survey in Norway.Family practice · 2026Article
- Continuity of care and patient-reported experiences in Norwegian general practice: are they linked, and does the measurement of continuity matter?Family practice · 2026Article
- The hidden impact of workforce instability on patient trust.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- Continuity of care for all? Associations between migration background and personal continuity among persons aged 50 and older in Dutch primary care: a registry-based observational study.Family practice · 2025Observational
- 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
- Danish primary care: a focus on general practice in the Danish healthcare system.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 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
- Impact of general practitioners and specialists on mortality: a longitudinal study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite many benefits of continuity of care with a named regular GP (RGP), continuity is deteriorating in many countries.
aimTo investigate the association between RGP continuity and mortality, in a personal list system, in addition to examining how breaches in continuity affect this association for patients with chronic diseases. DESIGN AND
settingA registry-based observational study using Norwegian primary care consultation data for patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes mellitus, or heart failure.
methodThe Usual Provider of Care (UPC, value 0-1) Index was used to measure both disease-related (UPC
resultsPatients with COPD with UPC
conclusionHigher disease-related and overall RGP UPC are both associated with lower mortality. However, changing RGP did not significantly affect mortality, indicating a compensatory benefit of informational and management continuity in a patient list system.
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