Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To evaluate the associations between opioid dose tapers with continued opioid use and opioid tapers with discontinuation, and subsequent pain-related utilization primary care visits, ED encounters, and hospitalizations. 1.31) and hospitalizations (aIRR 0.74, 95% CI: 0.54-1.02). Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

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Primary Care Management Utilities Chronic Condition 130

Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

Disease Diagnosis If a patient visits a hospital with specific symptoms, a primary care doctor diagnoses what they're suffering from. Specialists keep primary care physicians updated on a patient's condition so that the primary care physician determines how to provide care. Primary doctors are the first stop for medical care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To assess the impact of polydoctoring on hospital admission rates among older adults with multimorbidity. Population Studied: The study population consisted of individuals aged 75 to 89 years who had two or more chronic conditions. However, it was also associated with an increase in overall hospital admissions.

Chronic Condition 130

Chronic Condition Insurance Utilities Hospital 130

GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

Alex 00:07 We are delighted to welcome Peter Selwyn, who is a family medicine and palliative medicine doctor and chairman of the Department of Family and Social Medicine and director of the Palliative Care Program at Montefiore E instein and author of Surviving the the Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor.

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