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Home Research Research Library Shifting Patterns of Physician Home Visits Shifting Patterns of Physician Home Visits 2016 Author(s) Sairenji, T, Jetty, Anuradha, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Geriatric Care, Medicare, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Journal of Primary Care & Community Health Source Journal of Primary Care & Community Health OBJECTIVES: Home visits have been shown to improve quality of care and lower medical costs for complex elderly patients. We investigated trends in physician home visits and domiciliary care visits as well as physician characteristics associated with providing these services. DESIGN: Longitudinal analysis of Medicare Part B claims data for a national sample of direct patient care physicians in 2006 and 2011. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the physician sample and to determine numbers of home visits and domiciliary visits in total and by physician specialty. SETTING: Patient homes, nursing homes, and domiciliary care facilities. PARTICIPANTS: Direct patient care physicians (n = 22,186). MEASUREMENTS: Physician demographics, specialty, practice characteristics (practice type, geographic location), number of home visits, and domiciliary visits in 2006 and 2011. RESULTS: We found a small increase (n = 63,501) in total number of home visits made to Medicare beneficiaries between 2006 and 2011 performed by a decreasing percentage of physicians (5.1%, n = 18,165 in 2006; 4.5%, n = 15,296 in 2011). There was substantial growth in domiciliary care visit numbers (n = 218,514) and a small increase in percentage of physicians delivering these services (2.0% in 2006, 2.3% in 2011). Physicians who performed home visits were more likely to be older, in rural locations, specialists in primary care, and more likely to provide nursing home and domiciliary care compared with physicians who did not make any home visits (P < .05). CONCLUSION: Home visits and domiciliary visits to Medicare beneficiaries are increasing. General internal medicine physicians provided the highest number of home and domiciliary care visits in 2006, and family physicians did so in 2011. Such delivery models show promise in lowering medical costs while providing high-quality patient care. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2021 Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Go to Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2020 The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care Go to The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care 2019 Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions Go to Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions 2021 Comparison of Maternity Care Training in Family Medicine Residencies 2013 and 2019: A CERA Program Directors Study Go to Comparison of Maternity Care Training in Family Medicine Residencies 2013 and 2019: A CERA Program Directors Study
Author(s) Sairenji, T, Jetty, Anuradha, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Geriatric Care, Medicare, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Journal of Primary Care & Community Health Source Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
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2021 Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Go to Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2020 The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care Go to The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care
2019 Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions Go to Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions
2021 Comparison of Maternity Care Training in Family Medicine Residencies 2013 and 2019: A CERA Program Directors Study Go to Comparison of Maternity Care Training in Family Medicine Residencies 2013 and 2019: A CERA Program Directors Study