Building evidence to advance health equity: a systematic review on care-related outcomes for older, minoritised populations in long-term care homes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advancing health equity requires more contextualised evidence.

Objectives

To synthesise published evidence using an existing framework on the origins of health disparities and determine care-related outcome disparities for residents of long-term care, comparing minoritised populations to the context-specific dominant population.

Design

Systematic review.

Subjects

Residents of 24-hour long-term care homes.

Methods

The protocol was registered a priori with PROSPERO (CRD42021269489). Literature published between 1 January 2000 and 26 September 2021, was searched, including studies comparing baseline characteristics and outcomes in minoritised versus dominant populations. Dual screening, two-reviewer verification for extraction, and risk of bias a

SUBMITTER: Scott MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10982852 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature