Continuity of care is a frequently used concept without a commonly accepted definition.
Proposed measures reflect different aspects of continuity, the concentration-of-care aspect …

In an empirical study using data from a health center in Sweden, correlation coefficients
were computed among nine different measures of continuity of care, five of them visit-based …

The authors compared four different continuity-of-care measures recently suggested in the
literature. First, an analytic comparison is made and useful inequalities are derived. Then the …

Continuity of care is an important characteristic of good health care. There is evidence that
continuity has a positive impact on the health of people and populations and reduces …

For a long period of time, continuity of care has been recognized as a major aspect of the
quality of primary health care. Some scholars operate with comprehensive no-tions of …

Background: Assessing care continuity is important in evaluating the impact of health care
reform and changes to health care delivery. Multiple measures of care continuity have been …

Continuity of medical care is conceived as the extent to which services are received as part
of a coordinated and uninterrupted succession of events consistent with the medical care …

Continuity of contact between patients and physicians has become an important criterion of
quality primary care. Using three measures of continuity that have appeared in the literature …

Stephen M. Shortell proposed two statistical measures for quantifying the concept of
continuity of medical care." These measures constitute a significant advancement in the …

Past research in continuity of medical care has generally examined its determinants or its
consequences. A model is proposed which combines these lines of research and …