Multidisciplinary Primary Care Teams
Medical CarePublished 19 December 2006
Hector P. Rodríguez, William H. Rogers, Richard E. Marshall, Dana Gelb Safran
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The finding that PCP visit discontinUities are associated with more negative care experiences, irrespective of whether discontinuities involve on- or off-team visits, highlights the challenges of incorporating teams into primary care in ways that patients experience as value-added rather than disruptive to primary care relationships.
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The finding that PCP visit discontinuities are associated with more negative care experiences, irrespective of whether discontinuities involve on- or off-team visits, highlights the challenges of incorporating teams into primary care in ways that patients experience as value-added rather than disruptive to primary care relationships.
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