%0 Journal Article
%T From the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors: MEASURING AND IMPROVING CONTINUITY IN RESIDENCY PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE
%A Gretchen Irwin
%A Steven R. Brown
%J Archive of "Annals of Family Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.1370/afm.2250
%X Continuity relationships with the patients that we serve are a cornerstone of Family Medicine. Physician-patient continuity has been shown to be valued by patients, decrease overuse of unnecessary tests, decrease overall cost of care, and improve patient outcomes.1 Frustration with a lack of continuity in residency practice along with poorly performing residency office-based practices can lead family medicine residents to choose practice settings after graduation that do not include continuity primary care. This deprives our health system of desperately needed family physicians
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5951262/