A Multilevel Analysis of Patient Engagement and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Primary Care Practices of Accountable Care Organizations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The growing movement toward more accountable care delivery and the increasing number of people with chronic illnesses underscores the need for primary care practices to engage patients in their own care.

Objective

For adult primary care practices seeing patients with diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease, we examined the relationship between selected practice characteristics, patient engagement, and patient-reported outcomes of care.

Design

Cross-sectional multilevel observational study of 16 randomly selected practices in two large accountable care organizations (ACOs).

Participants

Patients with diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease (CVD) who met study eligibility criteria (n = 4368) and received care in 2014 were randomly selected to complete a

SUBMITTER: Shortell SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5442008 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature