Associations of Patient Experience in Primary Care With Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits on Isolated Islands: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Makoto KanekoTakuya AokiHideki MoriRyuichi OhtaHiroki MatsuzawaAkira ShimabukuroKazuhisa MotomuraMachiko InouePublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2018)
On the isolated islands, PX in primary care had positive correlation with hospitalizations. The contrast of our findings to those of previous studies may be due to the close patient-doctor relationship on isolated islands.