Continuity of care and mortality for patients with chronic disease: an observational study using Norwegian registry data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research on continuity of care (CoC) is mainly conducted in primary care and has received little acknowledgment in other levels of care. This study sought to investigate CoC across care levels for patients with selected chronic diseases, along with its association with mortality.

Methods

In a registry-based cohort study, patients with ≥1 consultation in primary or specialist healthcare or hospital admission with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes mellitus, or heart failure in 2012 were linked to disease-related consultation data in 2013-2016. CoC was measured by Usual Provider of Care index (UPC) and Bice-Boxermann continuity of care score (COCI). Values equal to one were categorized into one group and the rest into three equal groups (

SUBMITTER: Pahlavanyali S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10745252 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature