The challenge is different for Davenport, 26, who underwent surgery on her right knee in January with the same physician, Dr. Richard Stedman, who operated on Rubin.
Nonetheless, a few hours later, with the same physician's consent, Antonio Torres was placed on a portable ventilator for his departure.
In an article last April in The Journal of the American Medical Association, a group of researchers concluded that a large percentage of patients throughout the country lacked continuity of care — contact with the same physician both in and out of the hospital.
The latter benefit has been challenged in a recent study by Sunshine and Bhargavan (2010), who examined Medicare claims showing a visit to a specialist (an -index" visit) followed by an imaging claim associate with the same physician (i.e., a self-referred imaging service) [36].
"UCLA has committed to operating the health centers exclusively for the use of industry members, with the same physician group and same clinical staff at the same locations.
There are different staff for each ICU, with the same physician's leadership.
In Japan, a B2 isolate was implicated in five cases of fulminant hepatitis (four being fatal), apparently transmitted through contact with the same physician.
16 23 However, one further US study of diabetes, CHD and depression patients suggests that improved continuity of care with the same physician had no effect on EHA.
All participants wanted the physician to be well acquainted with the child's individual situation, and therefore preferred continuity of care, i.e. they preferred consultations to be with the same physician during the entire course of treatment.
Unlike most subsequent brief interventions, ongoing laboratory test results were very prominent: Patients were offered continuing follow-up with consultations with the same physician every third month and monthly GGT tests and reinforcing contacts with the same nurse.
