Multidisciplinary care planning in the primary care management of completed stroke: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic disease management requires input from multiple health professionals, both specialist and primary care providers. This study sought to assess the impact of co-ordinated multidisciplinary care in primary care, represented by the delivery of formal care planning by primary care teams or shared across primary-secondary teams, on outcomes in stroke, relative to usual care.

Methods

A Systematic review of Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL (all 1990-2006), Cochrane Library (Issue 1 2006), and grey literature from web based searching of web sites listed in the CCOHA Health Technology Assessment List Analysis used narrative analysis of findings of randomised and non-randomised trials, and observational and qualitative studies of patients with completed stroke in the primary

SUBMITTER: Mitchell GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2518150 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature