The effect of team collaboration and continuity of care on health and disability among rehabilitation patients: a longitudinal survey-based study from western Norway.

Merethe Hustoft Eva Biringer Sturla Gjesdal Vegard Pihl Moen Jörg Aßmus Øystein Hetlevik

Published in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2019)

The current results revealed that better personal, team and cross-boundary continuity of rehabilitation care was associated with better patient health after rehabilitation at 1-year follow-up. Measures of patient experiences with different types of continuity of care may provide a promising indicator of the quality of rehabilitation care.

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