Assessing the Quality of Care for Urinary Tract Infection in Office Practice A Comparative Organizational Study

As part of a comprehensive evaluation of care received by enrollees in a prepaid community health care project, we studied the process of care for enrollees reported to have a urinary tract infection. The care given to 98 patients enrolled in a large prepaid group practice (PGP) and 69 patients seen by 45 physicians in the independent practice setting (IPP) was analyzed. We found the process of care to be significantly better in the PGP, with a large part of the difference due to more appropriate utilization of urine cultures. This occurred despite a higher visit rate to internists in the IPP, and suggests that the organization of practice strongly affects the process of care received by patients even when all care is fully prepaid

Family medicine · Health care · Intensive care medicine · Urinary system · Urine · Healthcare Policy and Management · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nursing · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare · Primary Care and Health Outcomes

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