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2017 ; 177
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Association of Primary Care Practice Location and Ownership With the Provision of
Low-Value Care in the United States
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Mafi JN
; Wee CC
; Davis RB
; Landon BE
JAMA Intern Med
2017[Jun]; 177
(6
): 838-845
PMID28395013
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IMPORTANCE: Hospital-employed physicians provide primary care within the hospital
or within community-based office practices. Yet, little is understood regarding
the influence of hospital location and ownership on the delivery of low-value
care. OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of hospital location and hospital
ownership with the provision of low-value health services. DESIGN, SETTING, AND
PARTICIPANTS: This study compared low-value service use after primary care visits
at hospital-based outpatient practices from January 1, 1997, to December 31,
2011, vs community-based office practices and at hospital-owned vs
physician-owned community-based office practices from January 1, 1997, to
December 31, 2013. Logistic regression models adjusted for patient and health
care professional characteristics and year, and weighted results were used to
reflect population estimates. Results were also stratified by symptom acuity and
whether a generalist physician (eg, general internist or family practitioner) was
the patient's primary care provider. This study used nationally representative
data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (January 1, 1997, to
December 31, 2013) and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
(January 1, 1997, to December 31, 2011) on outpatient visits to generalist
physicians. Participants were patients seen with 3 common primary care
conditions, namely, upper respiratory tract infection, back pain, and headache.
MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The use of antibiotics (for upper respiratory tract
infection), computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging (for back pain and
headache), radiographs (for upper respiratory tract infection and back pain), and
specialty referrals (for all 3 conditions). RESULTS: This study identified 31?162
visits for upper respiratory tract infection, back pain, and headache,
representing an estimated 739 million US primary care visits from 1997 to 2013.
Compared with visits with community-based physicians, patients in visits to
hospital-based physicians were younger (mean age, 44.5 vs 49.1 years; P?.001)
and less frequently saw their primary care provider (52.7% vs 81.9%, P?.001).
Although antibiotic use was similar in both settings, hospital-based visits had
more orders for computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (8.3% vs 6.3%,
P?=?.01), radiographs (12.8% vs 9.9%, P?.001), and specialty referrals (19.0%
vs 7.6%, P?.001) than community-based visits. Multivariable adjustment and
symptom acuity stratification revealed similar findings. Visits with a generalist
other than the patient's primary care provider were associated with greater
provision of low-value care but mainly within hospital-based settings. Practice
patterns were similar among hospital-owned vs physician-owned community-based
practices with the exception of specialty referrals, which were more frequent in
hospital-owned community-based practices. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Visits to US
hospital-based practices are associated with greater use of low-value computed
tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, radiographs, and specialty referrals
than visits to community-based practices, and visits to hospital-owned
community-based practices had more specialty referrals than visits to
physician-owned community-based practices. These findings raise concerns about
the provision of low-value care at hospital-associated primary care practices.
|Ambulatory Care/statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
|Back Pain/therapy
[MESH]
|Community Health Centers/economics/*statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
|Female
[MESH]
|Headache/therapy
[MESH]
|Health Services Accessibility/economics/*statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
|Humans
[MESH]
|Male
[MESH]
|Outcome Assessment, Health Care
[MESH]
|Physicians' Offices/statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
|Primary Health Care/economics/*statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
|Professional Practice Location/economics/*statistics & numerical data
[MESH]