General practitioner strategies for managing patients with multimorbidity: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

General practitioners (GPs) increasingly manage patients with multimorbidity but report challenges in doing so. Patients describe poor experiences with health care systems that treat each of their health conditions separately, resulting in fragmented, uncoordinated care. For GPs to provide the patient-centred, coordinated care patients need and want, research agendas and health system structures and policies will need to adapt to address this epidemiologic transition. This systematic review seeks to understand if and how multimorbidity impacts on the work of GPs, the strategies they employ to manage challenges, and what they believe still needs addressing to ensure quality patient care.

Methods

Systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies report

SUBMITTER: Damarell RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7331183 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature