The Impact of Regularity of Primary Care on Emergency Department Presentations and Hospital Admissions
This thesis examines the impact of regular contacts with the general practitioner, and continuity of care with the same general practitioner, on use of hospital and emergency department services among patients with chronic conditions. Through analysing existing clinical and administrative health dat...
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Curtin University
2022
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| author | Youens, David |
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| description | This thesis examines the impact of regular contacts with the general practitioner, and continuity of care with the same general practitioner, on use of hospital and emergency department services among patients with chronic conditions. Through analysing existing clinical and administrative health data, this thesis assesses several causal pathways by which primary care may influence downstream hospitalisation outcomes, and expands upon existing research in this area through testing alternative research designs and analysis methods. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-883752022-05-04T08:08:25Z The Impact of Regularity of Primary Care on Emergency Department Presentations and Hospital Admissions Youens, David This thesis examines the impact of regular contacts with the general practitioner, and continuity of care with the same general practitioner, on use of hospital and emergency department services among patients with chronic conditions. Through analysing existing clinical and administrative health data, this thesis assesses several causal pathways by which primary care may influence downstream hospitalisation outcomes, and expands upon existing research in this area through testing alternative research designs and analysis methods. 2022 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88375 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Youens, David The Impact of Regularity of Primary Care on Emergency Department Presentations and Hospital Admissions |
| title | The Impact of Regularity of Primary Care on Emergency
Department Presentations and Hospital Admissions |
| title_full | The Impact of Regularity of Primary Care on Emergency
Department Presentations and Hospital Admissions |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of Regularity of Primary Care on Emergency
Department Presentations and Hospital Admissions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Regularity of Primary Care on Emergency
Department Presentations and Hospital Admissions |
| title_short | The Impact of Regularity of Primary Care on Emergency
Department Presentations and Hospital Admissions |
| title_sort | impact of regularity of primary care on emergency
department presentations and hospital admissions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88375 |