Regionalization for health improvement: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Regionalization is the integrated organization of a healthcare system, wherein regional structures are responsible for providing and administrating health services in a specific region. This method was adopted by several countries to improve the quality of provided care and to properly utilize available resources. Thus, a systematic review was conducted to verify effective interventions to improve health and management indicators within the health services regionalization. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42016042314). We performed a systematic search in databases during February and March 2017 which was updated in October 2020. There was no language or date restriction. We included experimental and observational studies with interventions focused on regionalization-related acti

SUBMITTER: Ramos MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7755212 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature