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Reducing hospital admissions by improving continuing of care in general practice

Sarah Denny

出版	Health Foundation, 2017
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WUoU0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This briefing summarises research that analysed data from over 230,000 anonymised patient records for older people aged 62 - 82 years. They found there were fewer hospital admissions for certain conditions when patients saw the same GP more consistently. Patients seeing their usual GP two more times out of every 10 was associated with 6% fewer avoidable hospital admissions. Key points - Continuity of care is an aspect of general practice valued by patients and GPs alike. However, it seems to be in decline in England. - Our analysis, published in The BMJ and summarised in this briefing, looks at the link between continuity of care and hospital admissions for older patients in England. We looked specifically at admissions for conditions that could potentially be prevented through effective treatment in primary care. - We found there to be fewer hospital admissions - both elective and emergency - for these conditions for patients who experience higher continuity of care (ie those wh ...