Impact of family practice continuity of care on unplanned hospital use for people with serious mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether continuity of care in family practice reduces unplanned hospital use for people with serious mental illness (SMI).

Data sources

Linked administrative data on family practice and hospital utilization by people with SMI in England, 2007-2014.

Study design

This observational cohort study used discrete-time survival analysis to investigate the relationship between continuity of care in family practice and unplanned hospital use: emergency department (ED) presentations, and unplanned admissions for SMI and ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSC). The analysis distinguishes between relational continuity and management/ informational continuity (as captured by care plans) and accounts for unobserved confounding by examining deviation from

SUBMITTER: Ride J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6863233 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature