The effect of delegation of therapy to allied health assistants on patient and organisational outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Allied health assistants (AHAs) are support staff who complete clinical and non-clinical tasks under the supervision and delegation of an allied health professional. The effect of allied health professional delegation of clinical tasks to AHAs on patient and healthcare organisational outcomes is unknown. The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate the effect of allied health professional delegation of therapy to AHAs on patient and organisational outcomes.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted. Databases MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), Informit (all databases), Emcare (Ovid), PsycINFO (Ovid), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature [CINAHL] (EbscoHost) and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched

SUBMITTER: Snowdon DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7268306 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature