Continuity in a VA Patient-Centered Medical Home Reduces Emergency Department Visits

Krisda H. Chaiyachati; Kirsha Gordon; Theodore Long; Woody Levin; Ali Khan; Emily Meyer; Amy Justice; Rebecca Brienza

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096356

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Continuity in a VA Patient-Centered Medical Home Reduces Emergency Department Visits

Krisda H. Chaiyachati ,

* E-mail: Krisda.Chaiyachati@yale.edu

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Kirsha Gordon,

Affiliation VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Theodore Long,

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Woody Levin,

Affiliations VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Evergreen Design, Guilford, Connecticut, United States of America
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Ali Khan,

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Iora Health, Collective Primary Care, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
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Emily Meyer,

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Amy Justice,

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Rebecca Brienza

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Continuity in a VA Patient-Centered Medical Home Reduces Emergency Department Visits

Krisda H. Chaiyachati,
Kirsha Gordon,
Theodore Long,
Woody Levin,
Ali Khan,
Emily Meyer,
Amy Justice,
Rebecca Brienza

Published: May 27, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096356

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