Association between continuity of care in general practice and hospital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: Cross sectional study of routinely collected, person level data

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 356, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Barker, Isaac ^a   Steventon, Adam ^a   Deeny, Sarah R ^a  

^a Health Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85011321094     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j84     Document Type: Article

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