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      Continuidade da gestão clínica entre níveis assistenciais: experiências dos usuários de uma rede municipal de saúde Translated title: Continuity of care between care levels: experiences of users in a municipal health network Translated title: Continuidad de la atención entre niveles asistenciales: experiencias de usuarios de una red municipal de salud

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          Este estudo analisa as experiências dos usuários sobre a continuidade da gestão clínica entre níveis assistenciais. Trata-se de um estudo transversal, quantitativo, que utiliza dados de um inquérito realizado com 407 usuários de uma rede pública de saúde de Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil, nos anos de 2017 e 2018. As experiências sobre a continuidade da gestão clínica foram exploradas a partir de duas dimensões: coerência da atenção e acessibilidade entre níveis assistenciais. Os usuários apresentaram opiniões mais positivas sobre a coerência da atenção que sobre a acessibilidade. Quanto à coerência da atenção, a maioria dos usuários referiu que os médicos da atenção primária e da especializada concordam entre si quanto a diagnóstico, tratamento e recomendações, e que o médico da atenção primária encaminha ao especialista quando necessário. Apenas 43% dos usuários relataram existir colaboração entre os médicos para resolução dos seus problemas de saúde. Quanto à acessibilidade, a maioria dos usuários (77,2%) referiu um longo tempo de espera para a consulta com o especialista e menos da metade (48,9%) referiu demora para atendimento na atenção primária. Os resultados deste estudo coincidem com outras investigações e evidenciam a necessidade de fomentar estratégias para alcançar uma integração efetiva das redes assistenciais e assim conferir ao usuário uma maior continuidade dos cuidados em saúde.

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          This study analyzes the experiences of users on the continuity of clinical management between care levels. This is a cross-sectional quantitative study that uses data from a survey conducted with 407 users of a public health network in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, in 2017 and 2018. The experiences on the continuity of clinical management were explored from two dimensions: coherence of care and accessibility between levels of care. Users presented more positive opinions about coherence of care than accessibility. Regarding coherence of care, most users reported that primary and specialized care physicians agree on diagnosis, treatment, and recommendations, and that the primary care physician refers them to a specialist when necessary. Only 43% of users reported collaboration between physicians to solve their health problems. Concerning accessibility, most users (77.2%) reported a long waiting time for the consultation with a specialist and less than half (48.9%) reported delay for primary care. The results of this study coincide with other investigations and highlight the need to promote strategies for achieving effective integration of care networks and thus provide users with greater continuity of health care.

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          Este estudio analiza las experiencias de los usuarios sobre la continuidad de la gestión clínica entre los niveles asistenciales. Se trata de un estudio transversal, de carácter cuantitativo, realizado con datos de una encuesta aplicada a 407 usuarios de una red pública de salud en Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil, en los años de 2017 y 2018. Las experiencias sobre la continuidad de la gestión clínica fueron exploradas desde dos dimensiones: la consistencia de la atención y la accesibilidad entre niveles asistenciales. Los usuarios tenían opiniones más positivas sobre la consistencia de la atención que sobre la accesibilidad. En cuanto a la consistencia de la atención, la mayoría de los usuarios reportó que los médicos de atención primaria y de la atención especializada concuerdan entre sí en el diagnóstico, tratamiento y recomendaciones, y que los médicos de atención primaria realizan la derivación al especialista cuando necesario. Solamente el 43% de los usuarios reportaron percibir una colaboración entre los médicos para la búsqueda de soluciones a sus problemas de salud. Respecto a la accesibilidad, la mayoría de los encuestados (77,2%) refirió un largo tiempo de espera para la consulta con el especialista y menos de la mitad (48,9%) mencionó que tardaba la atención primaria. Los resultados de este estudio coinciden con el de otras investigaciones y muestran la necesidad de promover estrategias para lograr una efectiva integración de las redes de atención y, así, brindarle al usuario una mayor continuidad de la atención en salud.

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            Continuity of care with doctors—a matter of life and death? A systematic review of continuity of care and mortality

            Objective Continuity of care is a long-standing feature of healthcare, especially of general practice. It is associated with increased patient satisfaction, increased take-up of health promotion, greater adherence to medical advice and decreased use of hospital services. This review aims to examine whether there is a relationship between the receipt of continuity of doctor care and mortality. Design Systematic review without meta-analysis. Data sources MEDLINE, Embase and the Web of Science, from 1996 to 2017. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Peer-reviewed primary research articles, published in English which reported measured continuity of care received by patients from any kind of doctor, in any setting, in any country, related to measured mortality of those patients. Results Of the 726 articles identified in searches, 22 fulfilled the eligibility criteria. The studies were all cohort or cross-sectional and most adjusted for multiple potential confounding factors. These studies came from nine countries with very different cultures and health systems. We found such heterogeneity of continuity and mortality measurement methods and time frames that it was not possible to combine the results of studies. However, 18 (81.8%) high-quality studies reported statistically significant reductions in mortality, with increased continuity of care. 16 of these were with all-cause mortality. Three others showed no association and one demonstrated mixed results. These significant protective effects occurred with both generalist and specialist doctors. Conclusions This first systematic review reveals that increased continuity of care by doctors is associated with lower mortality rates. Although all the evidence is observational, patients across cultural boundaries appear to benefit from continuity of care with both generalist and specialist doctors. Many of these articles called for continuity to be given a higher priority in healthcare planning. Despite substantial, successive, technical advances in medicine, interpersonal factors remain important. PROSPERO registration number CRD42016042091.
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              Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations

              PURPOSE Continuity of care is a defining characteristic of primary care associated with lower costs and improved health equity and care quality. However, we lack provider-level measures of primary care continuity amenable to value-based payment, including the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP). We created 4 physician-level, claims-based continuity measures and tested their associations with health care expenditures and hospitalizations. METHODS We used Medicare claims data for 1,448,952 beneficiaries obtaining care from a nationally representative sample of 6,551 primary care physicians to calculate continuity scores by 4 established methods. Patient-level continuity scores attributed to a single physician were averaged to create physician-level scores. We used beneficiary multilevel models, including beneficiary controls, physician characteristics, and practice rurality to estimate associations with total Medicare Part A & B expenditures (allowed charges, logged), and any hospitalization. RESULTS Our continuity measures were highly correlated (correlation coefficients ranged from 0.86 to 0.99), with greater continuity associated with similar outcomes for each. Adjusted expenditures for beneficiaries cared for by physicians in the highest Bice-Boxerman continuity score quintile were 14.1% lower than for those in the lowest quintile ($8,092 vs $6,958; β = –0.151; 95% CI, –0.186 to –0.116), and the odds of hospitalization were 16.1% lower between the highest and lowest continuity quintiles (OR = 0.839; 95% CI, 0.787 to 0.893). CONCLUSIONS All 4 continuity scores tested were significantly associated with lower total expenditures and hospitalization rates. Such indices are potentially useful as QPP measures, and may also serve as proxy resource-use measures, given the strength of association with lower costs and utilization.
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                Cadernos de Saúde Pública
                Cad. Saúde Pública
                Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil )
                0102-311X
                1678-4464
                2022
                : 38
                : 9
                : e00047122
                Affiliations
                [1] Recife Pernambuco orgnameInstituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira orgdiv1Grupo de Estudos em Gestão e Avaliação em Saúde Brazil
                [2] Recife Pernambuco orgnameUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco Brazil
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                S0102-311X2022001105008 S0102-311X(22)03800905008
                10.1590/0102-311xpt047122
                bd143edf-8fd0-4c33-9074-a7b88366e16e

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                Continuity of Patient Care,Delivery of Health Care,Health Care Levels,Quality of Health Care,Clinical Governance,Rede de Cuidados Continuados de Saúde,Níveis de Atenção à Saúde,Continuidade da Assistência ao Paciente,Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde,Gestão Clínica,Prestación de Atención de Salud,Niveles de Atención de Salud,Continuidad de la Atención al Paciente,Calidad de la Atención de Salud,Gestión Clínica

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