Impact of the family doctor system on the continuity of care for diabetics in urban China: a difference-in-difference analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our study aimed to examine whether the family doctor system can improve continuity of care for patients with diabetes.

Design

Registry-based, population-level longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

Linked data from the administrative Health Information System and the Health Insurance Claim Databases in a sample city in eastern China.

Participants

30 451 insured patients who were diagnosed with diabetes before January 2015 in the sample city, with ≥2 outpatient visits per year during 2014-2017. Diabetics in the intervention group had been registered with family doctor teams from 2015 to 2017, while those who had not registered were taken as the control group.

Interventions

The family doctor system was established in China mainly to strengthen prima

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9943912 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature