Who provides what care? An analysis of clinical focus among the national emergency care workforce.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Clinician expertise has been associated with improved patient outcomes, yet ED clinicians often work in various clinical settings beyond the ED and, therefore, may risk expertise by having less clinical focus. We sought to describe clinical focus among the emergency care workforce nationally.

Methods

Using the 2017 Medicare Public Use Files (PUF), we performed a cross-sectional analysis of clinicians receiving reimbursement for emergency care Evaluation & Management (E/M) services from Medicare fee-for-service Part B. Clinicians were categorized by type as EM physicians, non-EM physicians, and advanced practice providers (APPs). The primary outcome was the clinical focus of the individual clinician, defined as the proportion of E/M services within the ED setting re

SUBMITTER: Gettel CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8005412 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature