The Impact of Interpersonal Continuity of Primary Care on Health Care Costs and Use: A Critical Review

CONCLUSIONS: Interpersonal continuity today remains significantly associated with lower health care costs and more appropriate use. Further research is needed to disaggregate these associations at the clinician, team, practice, and system levels, but continuity assessment is clearly important to designing value-based payment for primary care.PMID:37217332 | PMC:PMC10202515 | DOI:10.1370/afm.2961

Source: Annals of Family Medicine - May 22, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Andrew Bazemore Zach Merenstein Lara Handler John W Saultz Source Type: research