Impact of Community Health Workers on Use of Healthcare Services in the United States: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the US transitions to value-based healthcare, physicians and payers are incentivized to change healthcare delivery to improve quality of care while controlling costs. By assisting with the management of common chronic conditions, community health workers (CHWs) may improve healthcare quality, but physicians and payers who are making choices about care delivery also need to understand their effects on healthcare spending.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PsycINFO, Embase, and Web of Science from the inception of each database to 22 June 2015. We included US-based studies that evaluated a CHW intervention for patients with at least one chronic health condition and reported cost or

SUBMITTER: Jack HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5331010 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature