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Indices were calculated for the last 2 years of life (truncating the last month) using outpatient physician visits. Correlation coefficients were produced between the unmodified indices, the modified indices and outpatient healthcare utilisation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong> \u2014 The cohort included 199\u2009035 individuals, with a median age of 79 years (P25, P75: 70, 86); 55.5% were male. The median modified continuity scores were higher than the unmodified scores (UPC=0.44 (0.32, 0.61), UPC-Team=0.79 (0.67, 0.89); BB=0.24 (0.15, 0.40), BB-Team=0.75 (0.52, 0.95)). The modified indices shared weaker correlations with outpatient healthcare use (ie, number of visits or specialists involved), compared with the unmodified indices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong> \u2014 The UPC-Team and BB-Team indices do not penalise patients for receiving multispecialty physician care, compared with the unmodified UPC and BB indices. The modified indices demonstrated more consistency in measuring continuity across patients with varying degrees of medical complexity and less correlation with outpatient healthcare use. Use of these indices is suggested to capture different aspects of relational continuity in the context of multispecialty care nearing the end of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Objectives \u2014 To develop and describe the performance of two modified relational continuity of care indices for adults with organ failure nearing the end of life, addressing limitations of existing indices that penalise multispecialty physician care. Design \u2014 Population-based retrospective study. Setting \u2014 Linked routinely collected health administrative databases in Ontario, Canada. 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