Differences in the outcomes of acute episodes of care provided by various types of family practitioners.
This study was designed to compare the outcomes achieved in a series of acute care episodes by different levels of family practice providers working in the clinic setting. The study utilizes a method which depends upon the provider to estimate level of function expected and earliest date of recovery for each episode. When the patients are viewed as a single group, those patients treated by the medex appear to fare considerably better and those seen by a faculty member do worse; however, when each functional status group is examined separately, only the asymptomatic but clinically ill patients (45 cases) show a statistically significant difference in outcomes among the providers, with the medex having good results and the faculty poor results.
D000208:Acute Disease; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000592:standards; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000592:standards