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A population-based, propensity score-matched cohort study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Background<\/strong> \u2014 Family physicians play a key role in the care of older adults, yet the impact of additional geriatric training or focused practice remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong> \u2014 We compared performance on established clinical practice measures among family physicians with\/without evidence of elderly-focused practice or training.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methods<\/strong> \u2014 We used linked administrative data to conduct a population-based, propensity score-matched cohort study. Participants included family physicians in Ontario, Canada with rostered patients in 2019. Using logistic regression, we established propensity scores to match physicians with a focused alternative funding plan and\/or a Certificate of Added Competence in \u2018Care of the Elderly\u2019 at a 1:4 ratio to a control group without focused practices or added competence certificates. We compared 11 practice-based measures endorsed by Canadian clinicians and researchers, adjusting for physician factors, medical practice characteristics, and primary care activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong> \u2014 We identified 232 family physicians with elderly-focused practices or training and 928 comparable controls. While differences in study group clinical practices were not statistically significant for most processes, they were in three areas. More physicians with elderly-focused practice or training conducted testing aligned with the most recent Canadian Consensus on Dementia and were more likely to prescribe potentially inappropriate medications and antipsychotics to older attached patients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong> \u2014 We observed limited to no differences in clinical practice measures between family physicians with \u2018Care of the Elderly\u2019 focused practice or certification to those without. The lack of differences may reflect true performance, the effect of uniform constraints of primary care practice, or inherent limitations of objective performance measurement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background \u2014 Family physicians play a key role in the care of older adults, yet the impact of additional geriatric training or focused practice remains unclear. Objective \u2014 We compared performance on established clinical practice measures among family physicians with\/without evidence of elderly-focused practice or training. 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