Evaluation of Continuity of Care at a Health Service Organization

NCT00182286 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 342

Last updated 2005-09-16

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Summary

This project was conducted with patients at a multi-disciplinary, multi-specialty health services organization serving 44,000 rostered patients in Northern Ontario. It investigated continuity of care for patients with diabetes in the areas of barriers and potential solutions to, and correlates of continuity; and variability in costs associated with continuity of care and patient outcomes.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Assessment of continuity of care from the patient perspective

BEHAVIORAL

Relationship between continuity of care, patient outcomes, and costs

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER
  • Group Health Centre, Sault Ste Marie, ON

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Group Health Centre

    collaborator OTHER
  • Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hui Lee, MD FRCPC MSc · Group Health Centre

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-09-30
Completion
2001-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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