Substituting hospital-based outpatient cardiology care: The impact on quality, health and costs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many Western countries face the challenge of providing high-quality care while keeping the healthcare system accessible and affordable. In an attempt to deal with this challenge a new healthcare delivery model called primary care plus (PC+) was introduced in the Netherlands. Within the PC+ model, medical specialists perform consultations in a primary care setting. PC+ aims to support the general practitioners in gatekeeping and prevent unnecessary referrals to hospital care. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a cardiology PC+ intervention on the Triple Aim outcomes, which were operationalized by patient-perceived quality of care, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes, and healthcare costs per patient.

Methods

This is a quantitative study

SUBMITTER: Quanjel TCC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6544378 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature