Open AccessThe Association Between Continuity of Care and the Overuse of Medical Procedures
Author(s) -
Max J. Romano,
Jodi B Segal,
Craig Evan Pollack
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.1340
Subject(s) - medicine , continuity of care , odds ratio , bonferroni correction , odds , retrospective cohort study , observational study , cohort , emergency medicine , health care , logistic regression , statistics , mathematics , economics , economic growth
Both the overuse of unnecessary medical procedures and poor continuity of care are thought to contribute to high health care spending and poor patient outcomes.
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