Continuity of care interventions for preventing hospital readmission of older people with chronic diseases: A meta-analysis

Findings

Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2019
Year Published

2019
Quality Rating

8/11 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (9); Hong Kong (6); Australia (3); Netherlands (2); Spain (2); Canada (1); Croatia (1); Germany (1); Israel (1); New Zealand (1); Sweden (1); Switzerland (1); UK (1); UK (England) (1); UK (Scotland) (1)
Global/regional focus

Not yet available
Country focus

USA (9); Hong Kong (6); Australia (3); Netherlands (2); Spain (2); Canada (1); Croatia (1); Germany (1); Israel (1); New Zealand (1); Sweden (1); Switzerland (1); UK (1); UK (England) (1); UK (Scotland) (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review addressing other questions
Type of question

Not effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Health system
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Delivery arrangements
How care is designed to meet consumers' needs
Case management
By whom care is provided
Staff - Continuity of care
Where care is provided
Site of service delivery
Theme

Optimal aging
Domain

Diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Sectors
Primary care
Long-term care

Publication details

Citation

Facchinetti G, D'Angelo D, Piredda M, Petitti T, Matarese M, Oliveti A, et al. Continuity of care interventions for preventing hospital readmission of older people with chronic diseases: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2019;101:103396.
DOI

10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.103396

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