Interventions to improve care coordination between primary healthcare and oncology care providers: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Coordination of patient care between primary care and oncology care providers is vital to care quality and outcomes across the cancer continuum, yet it is known to be challenging. We conducted a systematic review to evaluate current or new models of care and/or interventions aimed at improving coordination between primary care and oncology care providers for patients with adult breast and/or colorectal cancer. MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination were searched for existing English language studies published between January 2000 and 15 May 2015. Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and non-randomised studies were included if they evaluated a specific model/intervention that wa

SUBMITTER: Tomasone JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5070279 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature