Continuity of Care for Patients with Obesity-Associated Chronic Conditions: Protocol for a Multisite Retrospective Cohort Study

Yilu Lin   ¹ , MPH ;   James E Bailey   ² , MD, MPH ;   Satya Surbhi   ² , PhD ;   Sohul A Shuvo   ² , MS, MBA ;   Christopher D Jackson   ² , MD ;   Ming Chen   ² , MS ;   Eboni G Price-Haywood   ³ , MD ;   Joshua Mann   ⁴ , MD, MPH ;   Daniel Fort   ³ , PhD ;   Jeffrey Burton   ³ , PhD ;   Ramona Sandlin   ⁵ , RHIA ;   Alexandra Castillo   ⁵ , MPH ;   Hao Mei   ⁴ , PhD ;   Patti Smith   ² , MPH ;   Cardella Leak   ² , MPH, PhD ;   Phi Le   ⁴ , PhD ;   Alisha M Monnette   ¹ , PhD ;   Lizheng Shi   ¹ , MA, PhD, PharmD

¹ Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States

² Center for Health System Improvement, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States

³ Ochsner Center for Outcomes and Health Services Research, New Orleans, LA, United States

⁴ John D Bower School of Population Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States

⁵ Center for Informatics and Analytics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States