Population segments as a tool for health care performance reporting: an exploratory study in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care serves all age groups and individuals with health states ranging from those with no chronic conditions to those who are medically complex, or frail and approaching the end of life. For information to be actionable and guide planning, there must be some population disaggregation based on differences in expected needs for care. Promising approaches to segmentation in primary care reflect both the breadth and severity of health states, the types and amounts of health care utilization that are expected, and the roles of the primary care provider. The purpose of this study was to assess population segmentation as a tool to create distinct patient groups for use in primary care performance reporting.

Methods

This cross-sectional study used administrative da

SUBMITTER: Langton JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262753 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature