The Impact of Change in Hospital Admissions When Primary Care Is Provided by a Single Primary Care Physician: A Cohort Study Among HMO Patients in Israel.
Y FogelmanEugene MerzonS VinkerE KitaiG BlumbergAvivit Golan CohenPublished in: Advances in experimental medicine and biology (2022)
Changing Leumit HMO policy to continuity of care with a single provider is associated with a decreased future likelihood of hospitalization. This suggests that policies that encourage patients to concentrate their care with a single provider may lead to lower hospitalization rates and possibly lower healthcare costs.