BACKGROUND: Strategies to reduce hospital readmission have been studied mainly at the
local level. We assessed associations between population-wide policies supporting team …

PURPOSE We sought to assess the impact of team-based care on emergency department
(ED) use in the context of physicians transitioning from fee-for-service payment to capitation …

Background: Outpatient follow-up has been a key intervention point in addressing gaps in
care after hospital discharge. We sought to estimate the association between enrolment in …

Introduction: Care by Design™(CBD)(Canada), a model of coordinated team-based primary
care, was implemented in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada …

Importance Improving the quality of health care for general medical patients is a priority, but
the organization of general medical ward care receives less scrutiny than the management …

Objective To identify the optimal timing of in‐person physician visit after hospital discharge
to yield the largest reduction in readmission among elderly or chronically ill patients. Data …

Importance Empirical study findings to date are mixed on the association between team-
based primary care initiatives and health care use and costs for Medicaid and commercially …

Reducing repeated hospitalizations of patients with chronic conditions is a policy objective
for improving system efficiency. We test the hypothesis that the risk of readmission is …

Objective To test the hypothesis that a greater proportion of physician time on primary care
teams are associated with decreased emergency department (ED) visits, hospital …

BACKGROUND: Residency reform in the form of work hour restrictions has forced academic
medical centers to develop alternate models of care to provide inpatient care. One such …