The Effect of Coordinating the Outpatient Treatment across Medical Specialities for Patients With Multimorbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with multimorbidity attend multiple outpatient clinics. We assessed the effects on hospital use of scheduling several outpatient appointments to same-day visits in a multidisciplinary outpatient pathway (MOP).

Methods

This study used a quasi-experimental design. Eligible patients had multimorbidity, were aged ≥18 years and attended ≥2 outpatient clinics in five different specialties. Patients were identified through forthcoming appointments from August 2018 to March 2020 and divided into intervention group (alignment of appointments) and comparison group (no alignment). We used patient questionnaires and paired analyses to study care integration and treatment burden. Using negative binomial regression, we estimated healthcare utilisation as incidence ra

SUBMITTER: Bell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11011960 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature