Optimal Measures for Primary Care Physician Encounters after Stroke and Association with Survival: A Data Linkage Study
Author(s) -
David Ung,
Yun Wang,
Vijaya Sundararajan,
Derrick Lopez,
Monique F. Kilkenny,
Dominique A. Cadilhac,
Amanda G. Thrift,
Mark Nelson,
Nadine E. Andrew
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neuroepidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1423-0208
pISSN - 0251-5350
DOI - 10.1159/000520700
Subject(s) - medicine , akaike information criterion , proportional hazards model , hazard ratio , confidence interval , stroke (engine) , statistics , mathematics , mechanical engineering , engineering
Primary care physicians (PCPs) provide ongoing management after stroke. However, little is known about how best to measure physician encounters with reference to longer term outcomes. We aimed to compare methods for measuring regularity and continuity of PCP encounters, based on survival following stroke using linked healthcare data.
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