Continuity Of Care Highly Valued By Family Physicians In Three Countries
This was apparent even in strikingly different health care systems with different patient expectations and cultural influences. Doctors in all three countries felt strongly that personal continuity of care remained an important aspect of good quality care to their patients.
Interestingly, personal continuity of care was valued most by family physicians from the United States, even though (or perhaps because) the current U.S. health care system makes it difficult to maintain personal continuity.
Continuity of Care: Is the Personal Doctor Still Important? A Survey of General Practitioners and Family Physicians in England and Wales, United States, and the Netherlands
By Tim Stokes, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.Ch.B., et al
Annals of Family Medicine is a peer-reviewed research journal that provides a cross-disciplinary forum for new, evidence-based information affecting the primary care discipline. Launched in May 2003, the journal is sponsored by six family medical organizations, including the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Board of Family Medicine, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the Association of Departments of Family Medicine, the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors and the North American Primary Care Research Group. Annals is published six times each year and contains original research from the clinical, biomedical, social and health services areas, as well as contributions on methodology and theory, selected reviews, essays and editorials. A board of directors with representatives from each of the sponsoring organizations oversees Annals. Complete editorial content and interactive discussion groups for each published article can be accessed free of charge on the journal's Web site, http://www.aafp.org.
Kristin Robinson
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Taken from the July/August 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
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