Multimorbidity and Patient Safety Incidents in Primary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity is increasingly prevalent and represents a major challenge in primary care. Patients with multimorbidity are potentially more likely to experience safety incidents due to the complexity of their needs and frequency of their interactions with health services. However, rigorous syntheses of the link between patient safety incidents and multimorbidity are not available. This review examined the relationship between multimorbidity and patient safety incidents in primary care.

Methods

We followed our published protocol (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42014007434). Medline, Embase and CINAHL were searched up to May 2015. Study design and quality were assessed. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated for the associations b

SUBMITTER: Panagioti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4552710 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature