Association of Primary Care Practice Location and Ownership With the Provision of Low-Value Care in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hospital-employed physicians provide primary care within the hospital or within community-based office practices. Yet, little is understood regarding the influence of hospital location and ownership on the delivery of low-value care.

Objective

To assess the association of hospital location and hospital ownership with the provision of low-value health services.

Design, setting, and participants

This study compared low-value service use after primary care visits at hospital-based outpatient practices from January 1, 1997, to December 31, 2011, vs community-based office practices and at hospital-owned vs physician-owned community-based office practices from January 1, 1997, to December 31, 2013. Logistic regression models adjusted for patient and health care p

SUBMITTER: Mafi JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5540052 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature