The Impact of Provider Sex and Experience on the Quality of Care Provided for Women with Urinary Incontinence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although specialists are skilled in the management of urinary incontinence, primary care clinicians are integral in early diagnosis and initiation of management in order to decrease overuse of specialty care and improve the quality of specialist visits. We measured the quality of incontinence care provided by primary care clinicians prior to referral to a specialist and evaluated the impact of provider variables on quality of care.

Methods

We performed a retrospective review of 200 women referred for urinary incontinence to a Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery specialist between March 2017 and July 2018. We measured primary care adherence to 12 quality indicators in the 12 months prior to specialist consultation. We stratified adherence to quality i

SUBMITTER: Burton CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9261287 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature