Background The CCAENA questionnaire was developed to assess care continuity across
levels from the patients' perspective. The aim is to provide additional evidence on the …

Objective To determine the patients' perceived degree of continuity of care between primary
and secondary care and to identify contextual and individual factors that influence patients' …

Background Continuity of care is regarded as a core quality element in healthcare.
Continuity can be related to one or more specific caregivers but also applies to collaboration …

Background Recently, the Nijmegen Continuity Questionnaire (NCQ) was developed. It aims
to measure continuity of care from the patient perspective across primary and secondary …

OBJECTIVE: To develop and pilot test a generic questionnaire to measure continuity of care
from the patient's perspective across primary and secondary care settings. STUDY DESIGN …

PURPOSE Patients who regularly see more than one clinician for health problems risk
discontinuity and fragmented care. Our objective was to develop and validate a generic …

Background There is evidence that an ongoing patient-physician relationship is associated
with improved health outcomes and more efficient health systems. The main objective of this …

Method We used the data from a research project on the development and validation of a
generic and comprehensive continuity measurement instrument that can be applied to a …

Background Continuity of care is widely acknowledged as a core value in family medicine. In
this systematic review, we aimed to identify the instruments measuring continuity of care and …

The aims of the present study were to evaluate the extent of continuity of care and to
investigate its association with several factors among a sample of outpatients with chronic …