The effects of integrated care: a systematic review of UK and international evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare systems around the world have been responding to the demand for better integrated models of service delivery. However, there is a need for further clarity regarding the effects of these new models of integration, and exploration regarding whether models introduced in other care systems may achieve similar outcomes in a UK national health service context.

Methods

The study aimed to carry out a systematic review of the effects of integration or co-ordination between healthcare services, or between health and social care on service delivery outcomes including effectiveness, efficiency and quality of care. Electronic databases including MEDLINE; Embase; PsycINFO; CINAHL; Science and Social Science Citation Indices; and the Cochrane Library were searched for

SUBMITTER: Baxter S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5946491 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature