Annals of family medicine
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To examine the psychometric properties and scores of the Person-Centered Primary Care Measure (PCPCM) in 28 languages and 35 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. ⋯ The internal consistency and concurrent validity of the PCPCM across multiple countries provides strong evidence of the coherence of the breadth of primary care functions that patients and clinicians say are important. The diversity of total and item-specific scores across countries provokes interesting hypotheses about the influence of each different country's policies, practices, demographics, and culture on primary care, and provides a strong impetus for further ecological and individual data analyses using the Person-Centered Primary Care Measure. Annals "Online First" article.
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Annals of family medicine · Nov 2021
Annual Wellness Visits for Persons With Physical Disabilities Before and After ACA Implementation.
Persons with disabilities often experience uncoordinated health care, with repeated out-of-pocket copays. One purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to create zero copays for preventive health care including an annual wellness visit (AWV). The purpose of this study was to document the use of AWVs by persons with physical disabilities during the ACA rollout. ⋯ The ACA mandated zero copays, thereby allowing persons with physical disabilities the option for preventive health care without cost. Insurance type and sex significantly influenced AWV use, followed by disability type and race. Gaps in AWV use were exposed by insurance type, sex, disability, and race for persons with disabilities. Gaps in AWV use were also exposed between the general population and persons with disabilities.Annals "Online First" article.
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Annals of family medicine · Nov 2021
Resource Brokering: Efforts to Assist Patients With Housing, Transportation, and Economic Needs in Primary Care Settings.
Clinicians and policy makers are exploring the role of primary care in improving patients' social conditions, yet little research examines strategies used in clinical settings to assist patients with social needs. ⋯ As the US health care sector faces pressure to improve quality while managing costs, many health care organizations will likely develop or rely on case management approaches to address patients' social conditions. Health care organizations may require support to address the key operational challenges.Visual abstract.
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Annals of family medicine · Nov 2021
Where Trust Flourishes: Perceptions of Clinicians Who Trust Their Organizations and Are Trusted by Their Patients.
Trust is an essential component of health care. Clinicians need to trust organizational leaders to provide a safe and effective work environment, and patients need to trust their clinicians to deliver high-quality care while addressing their health care needs. We sought to determine perceived characteristics of clinics by clinicians who trust their organizations and whose patients have trust in them. ⋯ Addressing organizational culture might improve the trust of clinicians whose patients have high trust in them.
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Annals of family medicine · Nov 2021
Improving Suicide Risk Screening to Identify the Highest Risk Patients: Results From the PRImary Care Screening Methods (PRISM) Study.
Over 95% of patients who screen positive on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) suicide risk item do not attempt or die by suicide, which could lead to unnecessary treatment and/or misallocation of limited resources. The present study seeks to determine if suicide risk screening can be meaningfully improved to identify the highest-risk patients. ⋯ Among primary care patients who screen positive for suicide risk on the PHQ-9, SCS items improved screening efficiency by identifying those patients who are most likely to engage in suicidal behavior within the next 30 days.