Leakage/Keepage

This is a Managing Health Initiative

Poorly Managed Patients

• American patients have seen an average of 18.7 different doctors during their lives. For patients over 65 years of age, the average increases to 28.4 individual doctors, including primary care, specialists, hospital and urgent care providers. (4/27/10)
• Seventy-five percent of patients in a hospital surveyed couldn't name anyone in charge of their care (2/26/09)