Social franchising in healthcare: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of implementation and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The growing prominence of social franchising in healthcare underscores the need to analyse its implementation and impacts; however, substantial research gaps remain. Therefore, we aimed to conduct a systematic review and narrative synthesis of evidence to analyse the social franchise models, implementation and outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a systematic literature search in February 2024 on Medline, Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL and Scopus using terms related to 'social franchising' in healthcare. We conducted a qualitative narrative synthesis of study findings into five thematic areas: client impact and utilisation, healthcare outcomes, financial sustainability, innovative technologies and awareness activities.

Results

From 4184 search results,

SUBMITTER: Rahman MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836815 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature