Is Self-Referral Associated with Higher Quality Care?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the extent to which patients self-refer to cancer specialists and whether self-referral is associated with better experiences and quality of care.

Data sources

Data from surveys and medical record abstraction collected through the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium.

Study design

Observational study of patients with lung and colorectal cancer diagnosed from 2003 through 2005 in five geographically defined regions and five integrated health care delivery systems.

Methods

Multivariable logistic regression models used to assess factors associated with self-referral and propensity score-weighted doubly robust models to test the association between self-referral and experiences/quality of care.

Principal findings

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SUBMITTER: Pollack CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4600357 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature