TY - JOUR
T1 - Does a Residents’ Continuity Clinic Provide Primary Care?
AU - Allen, Hugh D.
AU - Burg, Fredric
AU - Levine, Harold
AU - Starfield, Barbara
AU - Greenberg, Larrie W.
AU - Wilson, Modena E.H.
AU - Weiner, Jonathan P.
AU - Bender, Joan C.
AU - Bergstrom, Steven K.
AU - Starfield, Barbara H.
PY - 1989/7
Y1 - 1989/7
N2 - Pediatric residents are required to care for a group of children over a period of time. For many, this “continuity” experience is in a hospital outpatient department that may or may not provide primary care. We applied a measure of primary care to the Primary Care Clinic, the continuity clinic at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md, and found that it compared favorably with private pediatric practices in the Baltimore area, providing significantly more “principal care” and to the Harriet Lane Home walk-in clinic, where only 51% of encounters were “principal care.” The Primary Care Clinic scored higher on a primary care index, a measure of the extent to which the facility serves as a primary care source for patients, suggesting that hospital-based training can provide residents with an opportunity to provide primary care.
AB - Pediatric residents are required to care for a group of children over a period of time. For many, this “continuity” experience is in a hospital outpatient department that may or may not provide primary care. We applied a measure of primary care to the Primary Care Clinic, the continuity clinic at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md, and found that it compared favorably with private pediatric practices in the Baltimore area, providing significantly more “principal care” and to the Harriet Lane Home walk-in clinic, where only 51% of encounters were “principal care.” The Primary Care Clinic scored higher on a primary care index, a measure of the extent to which the facility serves as a primary care source for patients, suggesting that hospital-based training can provide residents with an opportunity to provide primary care.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150190059021
DO - 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150190059021
M3 - Article
C2 - 2741852
AN - SCOPUS:0024349338
SN - 0002-922X
VL - 143
SP - 809
EP - 812
JO - American Journal of Diseases of Children
JF - American Journal of Diseases of Children
IS - 7
ER -