ArticleKidney medicine2025
Association of Primary Care Continuity With Home Dialysis, Transplantation, and Utilization of Medical Services for Patients Starting Hemodialysis.
Article in Kidney medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Primary Care Use and Clinical Outcomes in a Prevalent Cohort of Patients Receiving Hemodialysis.Kidney medicine · 2026Article
- Continuity of care in primary care: is it time to demand it?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2026Article
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Abstract
Rationale & Objective: Primary care may help patients starting dialysis with emotional support and access to health care services. It is unknown whether consistently visiting the same primary care physician (PCP) can strengthen patient confidence to select home dialysis, help facilitate medical appointments for transplantation, or increase care access. Study Design: A population-based retrospective cohort study. Setting & Participants: Patients initiating maintenance hemodialysis from 2007 to 2017 in Ontario, Canada. Exposure: High PCP continuity using the usual provider of care index (an established measure of PCP continuity), defined as >75% of PCP visits with the same PCP in the 2 years before dialysis initiation. Outcomes: Primary outcomes were time to home dialysis (peritoneal or hemodialysis) and transplantation. Secondary outcomes included specialist visits, cancer screening, influenza vaccination, and measures of diabetes care. Analytical Approach: Propensity scores to match patients with high and low PCP continuity. Results: We identified 9,530 matched pairs. High PCP continuity was not associated with increased home dialysis (14.0 events per 100 person-years vs 14.0 events per 100 person-years; subdistribution hazard ratio 1.00; 95% CI, 0.97-1.04) or transplantation (4.3 events per 100 person-years vs 4.5 events per 100 person-years; subdistribution hazard ratio 0.97; 95% CI, 0.90-1.04). High PCP continuity was associated with greater colon cancer screening (hazard ratio 1.07; 95% CI, 1.01-1.14), influenza vaccination (hazard ratio 1.33; 95% CI, 1.27-1.39), and comprehensive diabetes care (hazard ratio 1.23; 95% CI, 1.14-1.33). Limitations: Residual confounding is possible. Conclusions: High PCP continuity before dialysis initiation was not associated with increased utilization of home dialysis or transplantation but was associated with greater colon cancer screening, influenza vaccination, and comprehensive diabetes care. Additional work is needed to clarify how primary care may best benefit this patient population.
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