Table 3.

Summary of findings

Study	Mortality measure	Summary finding (95% CI)
*Selected populations*
Wolinsky et al (2010)¹⁹	All-cause	HR 0.84 (0.77 to 0.91) for high continuity
Worrall and Knight (2011)²⁰	All-cause	HR 0.50 for high continuity
Leleu and Minvielle (2013)²¹	All-cause	HR 0.96 (0.95 to 0.96) for high continuity
McAlister et al (2013)²²	All-cause	HR 1.00 for death within 12 months, no visits with familiar physician HR 0.77 (0.70 to 0.86)^a for all visits with familiar physician
Bentler et al (2014)²³	All-cause, time to death	Patient-reported (provider duration) measure: HR 0.54 (0.37 to 0.80) for highest tertile versus lowest tertile of continuity
Nelson et al (2014)²⁴	All-cause	OR 0.94 (0.91 to 0.96) for high continuity
Shin et al (2014)²⁵	All-cause, 5-year survival rate	HR 1.12 (1.04 to 1.21) for continuity below the median
Lustman et al (2016)²⁶	All-cause	OR 0.59 (0.50 to 0.70) for high continuity
Maarsingh et al (2016)²⁷	All-cause	Lowest continuity category showed 20% more mortality than the highest category, HR 1.20 (1.01 to 1.42)
McAlister et al (2016)²⁸	All-cause	HR 0.72 (0.63 to 0.81) with ≥1 follow-up visits with familiar physician HR 1.00 for no visits HR 0.98 (0.80 to 1.20) for visits with unfamiliar physician only^a
Geroldinger et al (2018)³¹	All-cause	Primary care continuity: comparison of COCI of 1.0 with COCI of 0.74, HR 0.95 (0.87 to 1.03)
*Entire primary care population*
Levene et al (2012)²⁹	All-cause	Patient-reported measure: IRR 0.999 (0.997 to 1.01) for high continuity
Honeyford et al (2013)³⁰	CHD mortality	Patient-reported measure: IRR 0.994 (0.989 to 1.000) for high continuity

↵a Additional data provided by study authors. CHD = coronary heart disease. COCI = Continuity of Care Index. HR = hazard ratio. IRR = incidence rate ratio. OR = odds ratio.