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Differences in primary care utilization by primary care availability in the first year of Virginia Medicaid Expansion [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study aesign and analysis: Multilevel linear probability models used to test the association between primary care utilization and geographic accessibility of primary care providers (PCP) after controlling for demographic characteristics, medical conditions, rurality, and neighborhood-level racial and economic segregation. PP; p=0.017).

Primary Care

Primary Care Utilities PCP PCP

Bup-ing Up Residency: A Dose of Change for OUD Care [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context With buprenorphine prescribing restrictions lifted, primary care physicians (PCP) are frequently the first contact for patients who have opioid use disorder (OUD) and require treatment with buprenorphine.

Education

Education Primary Care Physician Primary Care DO

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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

PCP PCP Finance Nurse Practitioner

Differences in primary care utilization by primary care availability in the first year of Virginia Medicaid Expansion [Health care disparities]

Bup-ing Up Residency: A Dose of Change for OUD Care [Education and training]

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

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