Primary Care Physician Continuity Is a Consistent Measure Associated with Lower Costs and Hospitalizations
Physician continuity is consistently associated with lower costs, hospitalizations, and ED visits across lookback periods. Given this stability and the complexity of multi-year claims measurement, a 1-year assessment may be sufficient for physician continuity evaluation and value-based payment programs.
Authors
- YoonKyung Chung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3162-1275)
- Andrew Bazemore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6028-2279)
- Mingliang Dai
- Robert L. Phillips
- Stephen Petterson
Institutions
- Center For Policy Research (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2025.250056r1
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- American Board of Family Medicine Foundation