Fragmented patient care can lead to missed diagnoses, inappropriate prescribing and failure of preventive medicine
“Continuity of care” refers to the holistic management of a patient by a single practitioner, or a well integrated network of practitioners in close communication. The definition of fragmented care is not established, but here we consider it to be three or more different general practitioners managing the same underlying condition or presenting complaint.
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