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Involvement of Primary Care Providers in the Care of Hospitalized Patients

This study examined the potential impact on processes of care and patient outcomes upon exposure of supportive and concurrent care provided by primary care providers (PCPs) to their hospitalized patients. A secondary objective was to describe the PCPs who conduct these services, and the patients who receive them.
There was a marked, observable trend that PCP visits to their hospitalized patients is on the decline (dropped 10% between 2003 and 2009). The patients who received in-hospital visits from their PCPs had more disease burden and were hospitalized longer than the control group.
Patients who received and in-hospital visit from their PCP were more likely to receive home care services and PCP visits post-discharge [adjusted OR 1.20 (95% CI 1.12-1.28)]. They were also less likely to experience the composite outcome of death, hospital readmission, or emergency department visit [aOR 0.95 (95% CI 0.91-0.98)].

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/30521
Date05 December 2011
CreatorsBrener, Stacey Sarah
ContributorsBell, Chaim
Source SetsUniversity of Toronto
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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