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Patient-physician connectedness and quality of primary care.

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BACKGROUND:Valid measurement of physician performance requires accurate identification of patients for whom a physician is responsible. Among all patients seen by a physician, some will be more strongly connected to their physician than others, but the effect of connectedness on measures of physician performance is not known. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether patient-physician connectedness affects measures of clinical performance. DESIGN:Population-based cohort study. SETTING:Academic network of 4 community health centers and 9 hospital-affiliated primary care practices. PATIENTS:155 590 adults with 1 or more visits to a study practice from 2003 to 2005. MEASUREMENTS:A validated algorithm was used to connect patients to either 1 of 181 physicians or 1 of 13 practices in which they received most of their care. Performance measures included breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening in eligible patients; hemoglobin A(1c) measurement and control in patients with diabetes; and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol measurement and control in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease. RESULTS:Overall, 92 315 patients (59.3%) were connected to a specific physician, whereas 53 669 patients (34.5%) were connected only to a specific practice and 9606 patients (6.2%) could not be connected to a physician or practice. The proportion of patients in a practice who could be connected to a physician varied markedly (45.6% to 71.2% of patients per practice; P < 0.001). Physician-connected patients were significantly more likely than practice-connected patients to receive guideline-consistent care (for example, adjusted mammography rates were 78.1% vs. 65.9% [P < 0.001] and adjusted hemoglobin A(1c) rates were 90.3% vs. 74.9% [P < 0.001]). Receipt of preventive care varied more by whether patients were more or less connected to a physician than by race or ethnicity. LIMITATION:Patient-physician connectedness was assessed in 1 primary care network. CONCLUSION:Patients seen in primary care practices seem to be variably connected with a specific physician, and less connected patients are less likely to receive guideline-consistent care. FUNDING:National Cancer Institute.

journal_name

Ann Intern Med

journal_title

Annals of internal medicine

authors

Atlas SJ,Grant RW,Ferris TG,Chang Y,Barry MJ

doi

10.7326/0003-4819-150-5-200903030-00008

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-03-03 00:00:00

pages

325-35

issue

eissn

0003-4819

issn

1539-3704

pii

150/5/325

journal_volume

150

pub_type

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Patient-physician connectedness and quality of primary care.