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Towards a Fundamental Unit of Continuity of Care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Continuity of care between a patient and their primary care practitioner (PCP) is a cornerstone of primary care (PC) and is associated with many positive health outcomes. Many proposed methods for measuring continuity utilize an aggregation of patient visits. These patients had 54% of 2019 visits with their PCP.

PCP 130
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A Case of HPV / Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx as Seen from a CBCT

CDOCS

He had been a patient of mine for many years coming regularly for routine dental restorative issues and hygiene appointments. The PCP tested for strep throat twice but both times results were negative. & </p> <p>In retrospect, continued sore throat and swelling should have been a red flag followed up by his PCP.

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