Measurement and outcomes of co-production in health and social care: a systematic review of empirical studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Co-production is promoted as an effective way of improving the quality of health and social care but the diversity of measures used in individual studies makes their outcomes difficult to interpret.

Objective

The objective is to explore how empirical studies in health and social care have described the outcomes of co-production projects and how those outcomes were measured.

Design and methods

A scoping review forms the basis for this systematic review. Search terms for the concepts (co-produc* OR coproduc* OR co-design* OR codesign*) and contexts (health OR 'public service* OR "public sector") were used in: CINAHL with Full Text (EBSCOHost), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled trials (Wiley), MEDLINE (EBSCOHost), PsycINFO (ProQuest), PubMed (legacy) and

SUBMITTER: Nordin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10533672 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature