Primary care physician continuity, survival, and end-of-life care intensity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the associations of primary care physician (PCP) care continuity with cancer-specific survival and end-of-life care intensity.

Data sources

Surveillance, epidemiology, and end results linked to Medicare claims data from 2001 to 2015.

Study design

Cox proportional hazards models with mixed effects and hierarchical generalized logistic models were used to examine the associations of PCP care continuity with cancer-specific survival and end-of-life care intensity, respectively. PCP care continuity, defined as having visited the predominant PCP (who saw the patient most frequently before diagnosis) within 6 months of diagnosis.

Data extraction methods

We identified Medicare patients diagnosed at age 66.5-94 years with stage-III or IV poor-progn

SUBMITTER: Hung P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264461 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature