Patient navigators for people with chronic disease: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with chronic diseases experience barriers to managing their diseases and accessing available health services. Patient navigator programs are increasingly being used to help people with chronic diseases navigate and access health services.

Objective

The objective of this review was to summarize the evidence for patient navigator programs in people with a broad range of chronic diseases, compared to usual care.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Social Work Abstracts from inception to August 23, 2017. We also searched the reference lists of included articles. We included original reports of randomized controlled trials of patient navigator programs compared to usual care for adult and pediatric patients with any one of

SUBMITTER: McBrien KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5819768 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature