Integration of care for hypertension and diabetes: a scoping review assessing the evidence from systematic reviews and evaluating reporting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the rise in pre-mature mortality rate from non-communicable disease (NCD), there is a need for evidence-based interventions. We evaluated existing systematic reviews on effectiveness of integration of healthcare services, in particular with focus on delivery of care designed to improve health and process outcomes in people with multi-morbidity, where at least one of the conditions was diabetes or hypertension.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Health Evidence to November 8, 2016 and consulted experts. One review author screened titles, abstracts and two review authors independently screened short listed full-texts and selected reviews for inclusion. We considered systematic reviews evaluating integration of care, compared to usual car

SUBMITTER: Yiu KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6011271 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature