Objective: To determine the prevalence of multimorbidity in primary care, by age, sex, and
socio-economic class, and to analyse the trend in multimorbidity over the last 20 years. …

Background. The concept of ‘continuity of care’ has changed over time and seems to be
entangled with other care concepts, for example coordination and integration of care. These …

OBJECTIVE: To develop and pilot test a generic questionnaire to measure continuity of care
from the patient’s perspective across primary and secondary care settings. STUDY DESIGN …

Background Continuity of care is widely acknowledged as a core value in family medicine.
In this systematic review, we aimed to identify the instruments measuring continuity of care …

Background Differences between women and men play an important role in lung physiology
and epidemiology of respiratory diseases, but also in the health care processes. Objective …

Background Recently, the Nijmegen Continuity Questionnaire (NCQ) was developed. It aims
to measure continuity of care from the patient perspective across primary and secondary …

Background A growing number of health care providers are nowadays involved in heart
failure care. This could lead to discontinuity and fragmentation of care, thus reducing trust and …

Objective Little insight exists into sex differences in diagnostic trajectories for common
somatic symptoms. This study aims to quantify sex differences in the provided primary care …

PURPOSE Personal continuity between patient and physician is a core value of primary
care. Although previous studies suggest that personal continuity is associated with fewer …

Background Elderly, patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and patients with heart failure
who continue using renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system (RAAS) inhibitors, diuretics, or …