Modified UPC-Team and BB-Team Indices

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• The UPC-Team index measures the proportion of visits to a usual physician team rather than one usual physician. — Modifying continuity of care indices for adults with organ failure nearing the end of life: a retrospective population-based study in Ontario, Canada
• UPC-Team and BB-Team were designed to measure relational continuity near the end of life without penalising medically complex patients for multispecialty care. — Modifying continuity of care indices for adults with organ failure nearing the end of life: a retrospective population-based study in Ontario, Canada
• UPC-Team includes physicians who are the most frequently visited physician within their specialty and who had at least two outpatient visits with the patient. — Modifying continuity of care indices for adults with organ failure nearing the end of life: a retrospective population-based study in Ontario, Canada
• The BB-Team index evaluates fragmentation within specialties instead of across specialties. — Modifying continuity of care indices for adults with organ failure nearing the end of life: a retrospective population-based study in Ontario, Canada
• The modified indices avoid treating the involvement of multiple specialties as inherently poor continuity. — Modifying continuity of care indices for adults with organ failure nearing the end of life: a retrospective population-based study in Ontario, Canada