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Author Shekelle, Paul G., author.

Title What is the optimal panel size in primary care? : A systematic review / principal investigator: Paul G. Shekelle ; co-investigators: Neil M. Paige, Eric A. Apaydin, Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert ; research associates: Selene S. Mak, Isomi M. Miake-Lye, Meron M. Begashaw, Jessica M. Beroes-Severin.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research & Development Service, August 2019.

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Description 1 online resource (v, 56 pages) : illustrations.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Evidence synthesis program
Evidence-based synthesis program (Series)
Note "August 2019."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary In 2009, the Veterans Health Administration Handbook 1101.02 established a baseline panel size of 1,200 patients for a full-time physician in a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT). This number could be adjusted up or down based on availability of support staff, the number of examination rooms, and patient complexity. After adjustment for these factors, panels ranged from 1,000 to 1,400. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Directive 1406 reaffirmed both the baseline panel numbers and adjustment parameters. Determining the right or optimal panel size for a full-time physician and team is a complex undertaking, balancing the demands of the system (patient access to care, clinical effectiveness or quality, patient experience, and cost) with the needs of the provider team (physician/team satisfaction, adequate time for care, and avoidance of physician/team burnout). The standard method for determining panel size has been a function of multiplying a provider's available slots each day by the number of days in clinic divided by the average number of visits each patient will make each year. But this method does not account for the tasks that occur outside of traditional face-to-face clinical visit, including patient communication (letter writing, telephone calls, emails, and form completion), test follow-up, panel management activities, and care coordination. To help inform an expert panel that will consider issues about determining VA primary care panel size, we were asked to conduct a systematic review of the literature.
Funding Prepared for: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research & Development Service, Washington, DC 20420. Prepared by: Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP) Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, Paul G. Shekelle, MD, PhD, Director
VA ESP 05-226
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 27, 2020).
Subject Primary care (Medicine) -- United States.
Medical personnel -- United States.
Medical care -- United States.
Employees -- Workload.
Primary Health Care
Health Personnel -- statistics & numerical data
Delivery of Health Care -- methods
Workload
Soins de santé primaires -- États-Unis.
Personnel médical -- États-Unis.
Soins de santé primaires.
Charge de travail.
Employees -- Workload
Medical care
Medical personnel
Primary care (Medicine)
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Genre/Form Systematic Review
Revues systématiques.
Added Author United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Health Services Research and Development Service, issuing body.
West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. Evidence-Based Synthesis Program Center.
Standard No. NLM 101764910
AU@ 000075697633
Gpo Item No. 0985-A-12 (online)
Sudoc No. VA 1.107/3:P 19

 
    
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