Primary Care Physician or Other Health Care Professional at Practice Frequently or Occasionally Coordinates Care With Social Services or Other Community Providers (Percentage)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The indicator shows the percentage of respondents who indicate that they or their colleagues make clinical home visits, based on the question "Do you or any other health care professionals that work with you in your practice provide care in the following ways: Coordinate care with social services or other community providers: (1) Yes, frequently; (2) Yes; occasionally; (3) Never.
Numerator
Number of responses to options 1 and 2
Denominator
Total number of responses.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians 2019
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Michelle M. Doty, Roosa Tikkanen, Arnav Shah, and Eric C. Schneider, “Primary Care Physicians’ Role in Coordinating Medical and Health-Related Social Needs in Eleven Countries,” Health Affairs, published online Dec. 10, 2019. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01088 www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/surveys/2019/dec/2019-commonwealth-fund-international-health-policy-survey-primary www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/2019-12/PDF2019intlhltpolicysurveyprimarycarephysCHARTPACK12-10-2019.pdf