Continuity of Care in Federally Qualified Health Centers: Examining Patient-Provider Relationships and Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition
These findings show, on average, high numbers of PCPs and poor continuity with a single "usual provider of care" for each patient's care over time at FQHCs. Leveraging performance measures, such as PCMH recognition, to incentivize continuity may be inadequate. Different approaches should be considered to preserve the long-term continuity at the heart of primary care.
Authors
- Jeffrey Panzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2310-5302)
- Abbey Ekong
- David T. Liss
- Christine A. Sinsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-5761)
- Katherine Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5967-8156)
- Jodi Simon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3237-3170)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- American Medical Association (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Evanston Hospital (US)
- Community Health Alliance (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240365r1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82