Automated identification of a physician's primary patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and validate an automated method for determining the set of patients for whom a given primary care physician holds overall clinical responsibility.

Design

The study included all adult patients (16,185) seen at least once in an ambulatory setting during a three-year period by 18 primary care physicians in ten practices. The physicians indicated whether they considered themselves to be the physician primarily responsible for the overall clinical care of each visiting patient. Statistical models were constructed to predict the physicians' designations using predictor variables derived from electronically available appointment schedules and demographic information.

Measurements

Predictive accuracy was assessed primarily using the area under the receiv

SUBMITTER: Lasko TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1380200 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature