Impact of continuity of care on mortality and health care costs: A nationwide cohort study in Korea

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 534-541

  Shin, Dong Wook ^a,b   Cho, Juhee ^c,d   Yang, Hyung Kook ^b,e   Park, Jae Hyun ^f   Lee, Hyejin ^a,b   Kim, Hyunsu ^a   Oh, Juhwan ^b   Hwang, Soohee ^g   Cho, Belong ^a,b   Guallar, Eliseo ^d,h,i  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^f Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Continuity of care; Health care costs; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910092719     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1685     Document Type: Article

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