Provider Practice Characteristics That Promote Interpersonal Continuity
The Journal of the American Board of Family MedicinePublished 1 July 2013Open access
Tyler S. Mittelstaedt, Motomi Mori, William E. Lambert, John Saultz
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Variability in UPC between providers is strongly correlated with variables that can be modified by practice managers and suggests that patients assigned to nurse practitioners and physician assistants have continuity similar to those assigned to physicians.
Abstract
Variability in UPC between providers is strongly correlated with variables that can be modified by practice managers. Our study suggests that patients assigned to nurse practitioners and physician assistants have continuity similar to those assigned to physicians.
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