1. What Impact Does Prior Continuity of Care Have on Hospital Readmissions?
Gregory M. Garrison, MD MS
Society of Academic Primary Care 2016
Dublin, Ireland
7 July, 2016
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2. Primary Care = Believe Continuity of Care is Good
What Impact Does Prior Continuity of Care Have on Hospital Readmissions?
Primary Care = Believe Continuity of Care is Good
Chronic Disease Model & Team-Based care
What is continuity of care?
IOM: Longitudinal care, timely & effective communication
How do we measure it?
Density: Usual Provider Continuity (UPC)
Sequence: SEquence CONtinuity (SECON)
Dispersion: Continuity of Care Index (COC)
Organization: Visit Entropy (VE)†
Garrison GM, Bania B. Visit Entropy: comparing a novel method to existing continuity of care measures. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare. 2015;3(3):
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3. Patient Centered Medical Home Practice
14,662 hospitalized primary care patients
Outpatient visits during previous 12 mo
Outcome: Readmitted in 30d
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4. What Impact Does Prior Continuity of Care
Have on Hospital Readmissions?
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