Background Review of the literature reveals a need to develop a questionnaire that
measures patient perceptions of factors impacting continuity of care following discharge from …

The operational definition of relational continuity is “a therapeutic relationship between a
patient and one or more providers that spans various healthcare events and results in …

PURPOSE Continuity of care is a defining characteristic of primary care associated with
lower costs and improved health equity and care quality. However, we lack provider-level …

PURPOSE Continuity of care is considered a core element of high-quality primary care, but
its impact on mortality and health care costs is unclear. We aimed to determine the impact of …

PURPOSE Interpersonal continuity has been shown to play an essential role in primary
care's salutary effects. Amid 2 decades of rapid evolution in the health care payment model …

Background: With the goal of improving clinical efficiency and effectiveness, programs to
enhance care coordination are a major focus of health care reform. Objective: To examine …

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 refers to the practice of capturing, sharing, and effectively using
knowledge about the diagnosis and prognosis of a patient over time. Prior studies have …

Background Care coordination has increasingly been recognized as an important aspect of
high-quality health care delivery. Robust measures of coordination processes will be …

PURPOSE Lower continuity of care has been associated with higher rates of adverse
outcomes for persons with multiple chronic medical conditions. It is unclear, however …