The association of continuity of care and risk of mortality in breast cancer patients with cardiometabolic comorbidities.
Ning ChengJoel FarleyJingjing QianPeng ZengChiahung ChouRichard HansenPublished in: Journal of psychosocial oncology (2021)
Receiving care from fewer providers is associated with lower mortality and from fewer types of provider is associated with higher mortality. The results might be confounded by uncontrolled factors and provoke the need for alternative patient care models that recognize the balance between appropriate subspecialties and minimizing the fragmentation of care within and across subspecialties.