Relationship between continuity of primary care and hospitalisation for patients with COPD: population-based cohort study from South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The existing evidence for the impacts of continuity of care (COC) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is low to moderate. This study aimed to investigate the associations between relational COC within primary care and COPD-related hospitalisations using a robust methodology.

Design

Population-based cohort study.

Setting

National Health Insurance Service database, South Korea.

Participants

92 977 adults (≥40 years) with COPD newly diagnosed between 2015 and 2016 were included. The propensity score (PS) matching approach was used. PSs were calculated from a multivariable logistic regression that included eight baseline characteristics.

Exposure

COC within primary care.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome wa

SUBMITTER: Lee IH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367395 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature