{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,25]],"date-time":"2026-03-25T12:36:26Z","timestamp":1774442186002,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":29,"publisher":"Springer Science and Business Media LLC","issue":"2","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,25]],"date-time":"2026-03-25T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1774396800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,25]],"date-time":"2026-03-25T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1774396800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0"}],"funder":[{"DOI":"10.13039\/501100006752","name":"Universidade do Porto","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","id":[{"id":"10.13039\/501100006752","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"crossref"}]}],"content-domain":{"domain":["link.springer.com"],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Int J Health Econ Manag."],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,6]]},"DOI":"10.1007\/s10754-026-09410-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,25]],"date-time":"2026-03-25T09:53:50Z","timestamp":1774432430000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Association between patient continuity of care and physicians\u2019 hypoglycaemic medication prescription trends"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"26","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3233-1026","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joana","family":"Gomes-da-Costa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Sara R.","family":"Machado","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Nuno Sousa","family":"Pereira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"9410_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"153","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcjd.2022.11.002","volume":"47","author":"W Alkabbani","year":"2023","unstructured":"Alkabbani, W., & Gamble, J.-M. (2023). Prescribing trends of the Sodium\u2013Glucose Cotransporter-2 inhibitors among different physician specialties in Canada (2015\u20132021). Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 47, 153\u2013161. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jcjd.2022.11.002","journal-title":"Canadian Journal of Diabetes"},{"key":"9410_CR2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"492","DOI":"10.1370\/afm.2308","volume":"16","author":"A Bazemore","year":"2018","unstructured":"Bazemore, A., Petterson, S., Peterson, L. E., Bruno, R., Chung, Y., & Phillips, R. L. (2018). Higher primary care physician continuity is associated with lower costs and hospitalizations. Annals of Family Medicine, 16, 492\u2013497. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1370\/afm.2308","journal-title":"Annals of Family Medicine"},{"key":"9410_CR3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/2050312114559261","author":"CA Beadles","year":"2014","unstructured":"Beadles, C. A., Voils, C. I., Crowley, M. J., Farley, J. F., & Maciejewski, M. L. (2014). Continuity of medication management and continuity of care: Conceptual and operational considerations. SAGE Open Medicine. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/2050312114559261","journal-title":"SAGE Open Medicine"},{"key":"9410_CR4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1113","DOI":"10.1111\/j.0741-6261.2007.00128.x","volume":"38","author":"G Biglaiser","year":"2007","unstructured":"Biglaiser, G., & Albert Ma, C. (2007). Moonlighting: Public service and private practice. RAND Journal of Economics, 38, 1113\u20131133. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.0741-6261.2007.00128.x","journal-title":"RAND Journal of Economics"},{"key":"9410_CR5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/CBO9780511814365","volume-title":"Regression Analysis of Count Data","author":"AC Cameron","year":"1998","unstructured":"Cameron, A. C., & Trivedi, P. K. (1998). Regression analysis of count data. Cambridge University Press. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/CBO9780511814365"},{"key":"9410_CR6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12875-021-01493-x","volume":"22","author":"K-S Chan","year":"2021","unstructured":"Chan, K.-S., Wan, E.-F., Chin, W.-Y., Cheng, W.-G., Ho, M. K., Yu, E.-T., et al. (2021). Effects of continuity of care on health outcomes among patients with diabetes mellitus and\/or hypertension: A systematic review. BMC Family Practice, 22, Article 145. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12875-021-01493-x","journal-title":"BMC Family Practice"},{"key":"9410_CR7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"231","DOI":"10.1097\/MLR.0b013e31827da5b9","volume":"51","author":"C-C Chen","year":"2013","unstructured":"Chen, C.-C., Tseng, C.-H., & Cheng, S.-H. (2013). Continuity of care, medication adherence, and health care outcomes among patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. Medical Care, 51, 231\u2013237. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/MLR.0b013e31827da5b9","journal-title":"Medical Care"},{"key":"9410_CR8","unstructured":"Culyer, A. J., & Newhouse, J. P. (2000). Handbook of health economics. Elsevier."},{"key":"9410_CR9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"E359","DOI":"10.9778\/cmajo.20160063","volume":"5","author":"AR Dossa","year":"2017","unstructured":"Dossa, A. R., Moisan, J., Gu\u00e9nette, L., Lauzier, S., & Gr\u00e9goire, J.-P. (2017). Association between interpersonal continuity of care and medication adherence in type 2 diabetes: An observational cohort study. CMAJ Open, 5, E359-64. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9778\/cmajo.20160063","journal-title":"CMAJ Open"},{"key":"9410_CR10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"535","DOI":"10.1007\/s13300-020-00760-x","volume":"11","author":"C Emery","year":"2020","unstructured":"Emery, C., Torreton, E., Dejager, S., Levy-Bachelot, L., Bineau, S., & Detournay, B. (2020). Cost of managing type 2 diabetes before and after initiating dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor treatment: A longitudinal study using a French Public Health Insurance database. Diabetes Therapy, 11, 535\u2013548. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13300-020-00760-x","journal-title":"Diabetes Therapy"},{"key":"9410_CR11","first-page":"355","volume":"21","author":"BR Frandsen","year":"2015","unstructured":"Frandsen, B. R., Joynt, K. E., Rebitzer, J. B., & Jha, A. K. (2015). Care fragmentation, quality, and costs among chronically ill patients. American Journal of Managed Care, 21, 355\u201362.","journal-title":"American Journal of Managed Care"},{"issue":"7309","key":"9410_CR12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"378.1","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.323.7309.378","volume":"323","author":"MI Jones","year":"2001","unstructured":"Jones, M. I., Greenfield, S. M., & Bradley, C. P. (2001). Prescribing new drugs: Qualitative study of influences on consultants and general practitioners. BMJ (Online), 323, 378.1. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmj.323.7309.378","journal-title":"BMJ (Online)"},{"key":"9410_CR13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12913-021-06323-5","volume":"21","author":"Z Kaltenborn","year":"2021","unstructured":"Kaltenborn, Z., Paul, K., Kirsch, J. D., Aylward, M., Rogers, E. A., Rhodes, M. T., et al. (2021). Super fragmented: A nationally representative cross-sectional study exploring the fragmentation of inpatient care among super-utilizers. BMC Health Services Research, 21, Article 338. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12913-021-06323-5","journal-title":"BMC Health Services Research"},{"key":"9410_CR14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1208","DOI":"10.1016\/j.socscimed.2011.06.065","volume":"73","author":"S-J Lin","year":"2011","unstructured":"Lin, S.-J., Jan, K.-A., & Kao, J.-T. (2011). Colleague interactions and new drug prescribing behavior: The case of the initial prescription of antidepressants in Taiwanese medical centers. Social Science & Medicine, 73, 1208\u20131213. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.socscimed.2011.06.065","journal-title":"Social Science & Medicine"},{"key":"9410_CR15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1472-6963-14-469","volume":"14","author":"\u00c1 Lubl\u00f3y","year":"2014","unstructured":"Lubl\u00f3y, \u00c1. (2014). Factors affecting the uptake of new medicines: A systematic literature review. BMC Health Services Research, 14, Article 469. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/1472-6963-14-469","journal-title":"BMC Health Services Research"},{"key":"9410_CR16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"826","DOI":"10.1093\/eurpub\/ckx096","volume":"27","author":"\u00c1 Lubl\u00f3y","year":"2017","unstructured":"Lubl\u00f3y, \u00c1., Kereszt\u00fari, J. L., & Benedek, G. (2017). Lower fragmentation of coordination in primary care is associated with lower prescribing drug costs\u2014lessons from chronic illness care in Hungary. European Journal of Public Health, 27, 826\u2013829. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/eurpub\/ckx096","journal-title":"European Journal of Public Health"},{"key":"9410_CR17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.healthpol.2025.105415","volume":"161","author":"G Moretti","year":"2025","unstructured":"Moretti, G., Ferr\u00e8, F., Martelli, A., & Cantarelli, P. (2025). Understanding physician prescription behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of macro, meso, and micro-level influences. Health Policy, 161, Article 105415. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.healthpol.2025.105415","journal-title":"Health Policy"},{"key":"9410_CR18","unstructured":"Nieuwenhuis, J. B. (2014). Factors that influence new drug diffusion amongst EU primary care physicians: A systematic literature review. Utrecht University."},{"key":"9410_CR19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2017-021161","volume":"8","author":"DJ Pereira Gray","year":"2018","unstructured":"Pereira Gray, D. J., Sidaway-Lee, K., White, E., Thorne, A., & Evans, P. H. (2018). Continuity of care with doctors\u2014a matter of life and death? A systematic review of continuity of care and mortality. BMJ Open, 8, Article e021161. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmjopen-2017-021161","journal-title":"BMJ Open"},{"key":"9410_CR20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12916-023-03021-3","volume":"21","author":"A Prior","year":"2023","unstructured":"Prior, A., Vestergaard, C. H., Vedsted, P., Smith, S. M., Virgilsen, L. F., Rasmussen, L. A., et al. (2023). Healthcare fragmentation, multimorbidity, potentially inappropriate medication, and mortality: A Danish nationwide cohort study. BMC Medicine, 21, Article 305. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12916-023-03021-3","journal-title":"BMC Medicine"},{"key":"9410_CR21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1810","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMms2103844","volume":"385","author":"EJ Rourke","year":"2021","unstructured":"Rourke, E. J. (2021). Continuity, fragmentation, and Adam Smith. New England Journal of Medicine, 385, 1810\u20134. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1056\/NEJMms2103844","journal-title":"New England Journal of Medicine"},{"key":"9410_CR22","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.008381","author":"V Sangha","year":"2021","unstructured":"Sangha, V., Lipska, K., Lin, Z., Inzucchi, S. E., McGuire, D. K., Krumholz, H. M., et al. (2021). Patterns of prescribing Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 inhibitors for Medicare beneficiaries in the United States. Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.008381","journal-title":"Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes"},{"key":"9410_CR23","unstructured":"Saxell, T. (2014). Private experience and observational learning in pharmaceutical demand."},{"key":"9410_CR24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"121","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjqs-2022-015082","volume":"32","author":"C Tarrant","year":"2023","unstructured":"Tarrant, C., Lewis, R., & Armstrong, N. (2023). Polypharmacy and continuity of care: Medicines optimisation in the era of multidisciplinary teams. BMJ Quality & Safety, 32, 121\u2013124. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmjqs-2022-015082","journal-title":"BMJ Quality & Safety"},{"key":"9410_CR25","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2023-081698","volume":"14","author":"JY Tsang","year":"2024","unstructured":"Tsang, J. Y., Sperrin, M., Blakeman, T., Payne, R. A., & Ashcroft, D. (2024). Defining, identifying and addressing problematic polypharmacy within multimorbidity in primary care: A scoping review. BMJ Open, 14, Article e081698. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmjopen-2023-081698","journal-title":"BMJ Open"},{"key":"9410_CR26","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12913-016-1696-8","volume":"16","author":"S Waibel","year":"2016","unstructured":"Waibel, S., Vargas, I., Aller, M.-B., Coderch, J., Farr\u00e9, J., & V\u00e1zquez, M. L. (2016). Continuity of clinical management and information across care levels: Perceptions of users of different healthcare areas in the Catalan national health system. BMC Health Services Research, 16, Article 466. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12913-016-1696-8","journal-title":"BMC Health Services Research"},{"key":"9410_CR27","unstructured":"WHO. (2024). Medication without harm. World Health Organization."},{"key":"9410_CR28","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15185\/izawol.148","author":"R Winkelmann","year":"2015","unstructured":"Winkelmann, R. (2015). Counting on count data models. IZA World of Labor. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15185\/izawol.148","journal-title":"IZA World of Labor"},{"key":"9410_CR29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1467-6419.1995.tb00108.x","volume":"9","author":"R Winkelmann","year":"1995","unstructured":"Winkelmann, R., & Zimmermann, K. F. (1995). Recent development in count data modelling: Theory and application. Journal of Economic Surveys, 9, 1\u201324. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1467-6419.1995.tb00108.x","journal-title":"Journal of Economic Surveys"}],"container-title":["International Journal of Health Economics and Management"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s10754-026-09410-4.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10754-026-09410-4","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s10754-026-09410-4.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,25]],"date-time":"2026-03-25T09:53:55Z","timestamp":1774432435000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/10.1007\/s10754-026-09410-4"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,25]]},"references-count":29,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,6]]}},"alternative-id":["9410"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10754-026-09410-4","relation":{},"ISSN":["2199-9023","2199-9031"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2199-9023","type":"print"},{"value":"2199-9031","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,25]]},"assertion":[{"value":"29 December 2024","order":1,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"ArticleHistory","label":"Article History"}},{"value":"12 February 2026","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"ArticleHistory","label":"Article History"}},{"value":"25 March 2026","order":3,"name":"first_online","label":"First Online","group":{"name":"ArticleHistory","label":"Article History"}},{"order":1,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}},{"value":"The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.","order":2,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Conflict of interest"}}],"article-number":"8"}}