Integrated Care for Older Adults Improves Perceived Quality of Care: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Embrace.

ABSTRACT:

Background

All community-living older adults might benefit from integrated care, but evidence is lacking on the effectiveness of such services for perceived quality of care.

Objective

To examine the impact of Embrace, a community-based integrated primary care service, on perceived quality of care.

Design

Stratified randomized controlled trial.

Participants

Integrated care and support according to the "Embrace" model was provided by 15 general practitioners in the Netherlands. Based on self-reported levels of case complexity and frailty, a total of 1456 community-living older adults were stratified into non-disease-specific risk profiles ("Robust," "Frail," and "Complex care needs"), and randomized to Embrace or control groups.

Intervention

Embrace provid

SUBMITTER: Uittenbroek RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5400746 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature