Health Care Utilization Following Interventions to Improve Social Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It has been suggested that interventions that aim to improve social well-being may contribute to decreased health care use; however, such evidence has not been fully systematically synthesized.

Objective

To systematically review and meta-analyze available evidence on the associations between psychosocial interventions and health care utilization.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane, Scopus, Google Scholar, and reference lists of systematic reviews were searched from inception until November 31, 2022.

Study selection

Included studies were randomized clinical trials reporting on both health care utilization and social well-being outcomes.

Data extraction and synthesis

The repo

SUBMITTER: HaGani N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10311391 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature