Impact of continuity of care on cardiovascular disease risk among newly-diagnosed hypertension patients.

ABSTRACT: Several previous studies have noted benefits of maintaining continuity of care (COC), including improved patient compliance, decreased health care cost, and decreased incidence of hospitalization. However, the association of COC in hypertension patients with subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is yet unclear. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the impact of COC on CVD risk among newly-diagnosed hypertension patients. We conducted a cohort with a study population consisted of 244,187 newly-diagnosed hypertension patients in 2004 from the Korean National Health Insurance Service database. The participants were then divided into approximate quartiles of COC index, and followed from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2017. Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate the adjust

SUBMITTER: Choi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7672066 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature