Continuity of care and consultation mode in general practice: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study using patient-level and practice-level data from before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Investigate trends in continuity of care with a general practitioner (GP) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Identify whether continuity of care is associated with consultation mode, controlling for other patient and practice characteristics.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional and longitudinal observational studies.

Setting

Primary care records from 389 general practices participating in Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum in England.

Participants

In the descriptive analysis, 100 000+ patients were included each month between April 2018 and April 2021. Modelling of the association between continuity of care and consultation mode focused on 153 475 and 125 298 patients in index months of February 2020 (before the pandemic) and February 2

SUBMITTER: Parry W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10660661 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature