Key result
Higher provider continuity was associated with a significantly lower likelihood of future hospitalization for any condition (OR 0.56; 95% CI 0.46-0.69).
Why the study?
Does higher provider continuity reduce the likelihood of hospitalization in a Medicaid population?
Population
13,495 continuously enrolled fee-for-service Medicaid patients aged 0 to 64 years who had made at least 3…
Comparison
Higher provider continuity vs Lower provider continuity
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year (year 2 of the study)
Authors
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Associated with fewer Medicaid hospitalizations; challenges consensus on ambulatory care-sensitive conditions yet leaves causality open.
Cohort (n=13,495)
Does higher provider continuity reduce the likelihood of hospitalization in a Medicaid population?
Effect estimate: OR 0.56 (95% CI 0.46-0.69)
Higher provider continuity is associated with a decreased future likelihood of hospitalization in a Medicaid population, suggesting policies encouraging care concentration may lower hospitalization rates.
J. M. Gill (1998) conducted a cohort in Medicaid patients (n=13,495). Higher provider continuity vs. Lower provider continuity was evaluated on Likelihood of hospitalization in year 2 for any condition (OR 0.56, 95% CI 0.46-0.69). Higher provider continuity was associated with a significantly lower likelihood of future hospitalization for any condition (OR 0.56; 95% CI 0.46-0.69).
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