Managing patients with multimorbidity: systematic review of interventions in primary care and community settings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, CINAHL, CAB Health, Cochrane central register of controlled trials, the database of abstracts of reviews of effectiveness, and the Cochrane EPOC (effective practice and organisation of care) register (searches updated in April 2011).

Eligibility criteria

Randomised controlled trials, controlled clinical trials, controlled before and after studies, and interrupted time series analyses reporting on interventions to improve outcomes for people with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings. Multimorbidity was defined as two or more chronic c

SUBMITTER: Smith SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3432635 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature