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Date:7/29/2008

containing a clinical vignette involving a patient with CF, or a second describing a nearly identical patient with SCD. After reading the vignettes, the physicians were asked to rate how comfortable they would be serving as the patient's primary care provider.

Survey participants also responded to questions about how certain barriers, such as a lack of training or lack of time during office visits, might limit their ability to provide high quality primary care for young adults with chronic illness. The findings indicated that internists were more likely than pediatricians to say that insufficient training limited their ability to care for these patients, while pediatricians were more likely to report barriers due to insufficient time during office visits.

Okumura said future studies should examine the factors that are directly affecting the quality of care for young adults with chronic illnesses, and how those factors impact patient outcomes.

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Contact: Kate Schoen kschoen@pubaff.ucsf.edu 415-476-2557 University of California - San Francisco Source:Eurekalert

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