Factors Impacting Physician Referral To and Patient Attendance at Weight Management Programs Within a Large Integrated Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying which patients receive referrals to and which ones attend weight management programs can provide insights into how physicians manage obesity.

Objective

To describe patient factors associated with referrals, which primarily reflect physician priorities, and attendance, which reflects patient priorities. We also examine the influence of the individual physician by comparing adjusted rates of referral and attendance across physicians.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Participants

Adults with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m² who had a primary care visit between 2015 and 2018 at a large integrated health system MAIN MEASURES: Referrals and visits to programs were collected from the EHR in 2019 and analyzed in 2019-2020. Multilev

SUBMITTER: Pfoh ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8342643 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature