Journal article
Do Patients Retain their Family Physicians after Long-Term Care Entry? A Retrospective Cohort Study
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Older adults value and benefit from the long-standing relationship they have with their family physicians. This dynamic has not been researched in a long-term care (LTC, ie, nursing home) setting. We sought to determine the proportion of LTC residents who retain their community family physician within the first 180 days of LTC, and the resident, physician, and LTC home factors that may influence retention.
DESIGN: Population-based …
Authors
Staykov E; Qureshi D; Scott M; Talarico R; Hsu AT; Howard M; Costa AP; Fung C; Ip M; Liddy C
Journal
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol. 21, No. 12, pp. 1951–1957
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2020
DOI
10.1016/j.jamda.2020.04.016
ISSN
1525-8610