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The Direct Primary Care Model: Practice Characteristics And Patient Experience, James David Miller
The Direct Primary Care Model: Practice Characteristics And Patient Experience, James David Miller
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The Direct Primary Care practice model has been growing in both number of practices and public awareness. However, there has been little academic research about this emerging practice model. This research is aimed to describe the current state of the DPC practice model by examining the services provided, geographic distribution of practices, statistical distribution of membership fees, demographic characteristics of physicians using the model and to determine whether regional pricing variation existed. In addition, differences were analyzed between the patient satisfaction levels in DPC and fee-for-service practices. A dataset was created by visiting the website of all known, non-corporate, DPC …
Predictors Of Non-Adherence To Primary Care Follow-Up After Diagnosis Of Asymptomatic Hypertension In The Emergency Department, Stephanie Cornell
Predictors Of Non-Adherence To Primary Care Follow-Up After Diagnosis Of Asymptomatic Hypertension In The Emergency Department, Stephanie Cornell
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Background: One strategy to decrease uncontrolled hypertension is to increase follow-up with primary care after diagnosis of asymptomatic hypertension in the Emergency Department (ED). To improve such interventions, this study identified risk factors of nonadherence among individuals 18-60 years old with a diagnosis of asymptomatic hypertension in the ED and access to care. Methods: Data was obtained from the IBM® MarketScan® Commercial Database between January 2012 and September 2015. Rates of non-adherence to follow-up was determined for individuals discharged from the ED with a primary diagnosis of essential hypertension. Multivariate logistic regression was used to calculate adjusted odds ratios. Demographic …