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- Title
Communication problems for patients hospitalized with chest pain.
- Authors
Simon, Steven R.; Lee, Thomas H.; Goldman, Lee; McDonough, Allison L.; Pearson, Steven D.; Pearson; Simon, S R; Lee, T H; Goldman, L; McDonough, A L; Pearson, S D
- Abstract
In many settings, primary care physicians have begun to delegate inpatient care to hospitalists, but the impact of this change on patients' hospital experience is unknown. To determine the effect on physician-patient communication of having the regular outpatient physician (continuity physician) continue involvement in hospital care, we surveyed 1,059 consecutive patients hospitalized with chest pain. Patients whose continuity physicians remained involved in their hospital care were less likely to report communication problems regarding tests (20% vs 31%, p =.03), activity after discharge (42% vs 51%, p =.02), and health habits (31% vs 38%, p =. 07). In a setting without a designated hospitalist system, communication problems were less frequent among patients whose continuity physicians were involved in their hospital care. New models of inpatient care delivery can maintain patient satisfaction but to do so must focus attention on improving physician-patient communication.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL communication; CHEST pain; PATIENTS; COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE studies; CONTINUUM of care; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL quality control; MEDICAL cooperation; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; EVALUATION research; ODDS ratio
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1998, Vol 13, Issue 12, p836
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00247.x