[Personal physician continuity in primary care associated with fewer emergency room visits]. / Hög personlig läkarkontinuitet i primärvård förenad med färre besök på akutmottagning - En populationsbaserad studie i Jönköpings sjukvårdsregion.
Lakartidningen
; 1162019 Dec 16.
Article
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| ID: mdl-31846051
ABSTRACT
Overloading of the emergency departments in hospitals is, in Sweden, a common problem that is often blamed on lack of access to primary care. We have conducted a cross-sectional study comprising more than 40% of the 347 837 inhabitants of Region Jönköping with access to complete individual data on healthcare consumption, personal doctor continuity, socio-economics, and accessibility data for all of the region's health centres. Individuals with high personal continuity at their own health centre had significantly fewer emergency room visits compared to those with the lowest continuity for younger adults 55% and for elderly 34% fewer emergency room visits. Access to doctor consultations or to counselling nurses in primary care was not associated with a lower number of emergency room visits. Our results show the importance of personal doctor continuity also for the group of younger adults.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
11_ODS3_cobertura_universal
Problema de salud:
11_delivery_arrangements
Asunto principal:
Médicos
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Atención Primaria de Salud
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Continuidad de la Atención al Paciente
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Sv
Revista:
Lakartidningen
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suecia