Continuity of Care and Intensive Care Unit Use at the End of Life
Open Access
- 12 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Internal Medicine
- Vol. 169 (1) , 81-86
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2008.514
Abstract
Continuity of care is a key attribute of good medical care.1 Provider continuity is associated with improved patient satisfaction, increased use of preventive care services, fewer emergency department visits, lower hospitalization rates, and reduced health care costs.2-16 For patients with cancer, it is a desirable attribute of a good patient-physician relationship.17 Patients with cancer who experience outpatient provider continuity have reduced emergency department visits at the end of life and are more likely to die outside the hospital.18,19Keywords
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