Key aspects related to implementation of risk stratification in health care systems-the ASSEHS study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lack of proven efficacy of new healthcare interventions represents a problem for health systems globally. It is partly related to suboptimal implementation processes, leading to poor adoption of new interventions. Activation of Stratification Strategies and Results of the interventions on frail patients of Healthcare Services (ASSEHS) EU project (N° 2013 12 04) aims to study current existing health Risk Stratification (RS) strategies and tools on frail elderly patients. This paper aims at identifying variables that make the implementation of population RS tools feasible in different healthcare services.

Methods

Two different methods have been used to identify the key elements in stratification implementation; i) a Scoping Review, in order to search and gather

SUBMITTER: Mora J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5420130 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature