Quality improvement interventions to prevent the use of hospital services among nursing home residents: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Quality improvement interventions are a promising strategy for reducing hospital services use among nursing home residents. However, evidence for their effectiveness is limited. It is unclear which characteristics of the quality improvement intervention and activities planned to facilitate implementation may promote fidelity to organisational and system changes. This systematic review and meta-analysis will assess the effectiveness of quality improvement interventions and implementation strategies aimed at reducing hospital services use among nursing home residents.

Methods and analysis

The MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Embase and Web of Science databases will be comprehensively searched in September 2023. The eligible studies should focus on the implementa

SUBMITTER: Basso I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10537830 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature