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Association of Communication Between Hospital-based Physicians and Primary Care Providers with Patient Outcomes

2008; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 24; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s11606-008-0882-8

1525-1497

Chaim M. Bell, Jeffrey L. Schnipper, Andrew D. Auerbach, Peter J. Kaboli, Tosha B. Wetterneck, David Gonzales, Vineet M. Arora, James Zhang, David O. Meltzer,

Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare

Patients admitted to general medicine inpatient services are increasingly cared for by hospital-based physicians rather than their primary care providers (PCPs). This separation of hospital and ambulatory care may result in important care discontinuities after discharge. We sought to determine whether communication between hospital-based physicians and PCPs influences patient outcomes.