Patient-Reported Care Coordination is Associated with Better Performance on Clinical Care Measures

Autor: John L. Adams, Jacob W. Dembosky, Carol A. Edwards, Sarah Gaillot, David J. Klein, Megan K. Beckett, Ron D. Hays, Eric C. Schneider, Marc N. Elliott, Amelia M. Haviland
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: J Gen Intern Med
Journal of general internal medicine, vol 36, iss 12
Popis: BACKGROUND: Prior studies using aggregated data suggest that better care coordination is associated with higher performance on measures of clinical care process; it is unclear whether this relationship reflects care coordination activities of health plans or physician practices. OBJECTIVE: Estimate within-plan relationships between beneficiary-reported care coordination measures and HEDIS measures of clinical process for the same individuals. DESIGN: Mixed-effect regression models in cross-sectional data. PARTICIPANTS: 2013 Medicare Advantage CAHPS respondents (n=152,069) with care coordination items linked to independently collected HEDIS data on clinical processes. MAIN MEASURES: Care coordination measures assessed follow-up, whether doctors had medical records during visits, whether doctors discussed medicines being taken, how informed doctors seemed about specialist care, and help received with managing care among different providers. HEDIS measures included mammography, colorectal cancer screening, cardiovascular LDL-C screening, controlling blood pressure, 5 diabetes care measures (LDL-C screening, retinal eye exam, nephropathy, blood sugar/HbA1c
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