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Quality, Satisfaction, and Financial Efficiency Associated With Elements of Primary Care Practice Transformation: Preliminary Findings

The Annals of Family MedicinePublished 1 May 2013Open access
Julie Day, Debra L. Scammon, Joo Young Kim, A. Sheets-Mervis, Rachel L. Day, Andrada Tomoaia‐Cotisel
Citations53
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.10
SNIP1.69
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TL;DR

Evaluated quality, satisfaction, financial, and productivity outcomes associated with implementation of Care by Design, the University of Utah’s version of the patient-centered medical home found elements related to care teams and continuity appear to be key elements of CBD.

Abstract

Elements related to care teams and continuity appear to be key elements of CBD as they influence all 3 CBD organizing principles: appropriate access, care teams, and planned care. These relationships, as well as unexpected, unfavorable ones, require further study and refined analyses to identify causal associations.

Keywords

Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance