Transition of children with life-limiting conditions to adult care and healthcare use: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improved survival has led to increasing numbers of children with life-limiting conditions transitioning to adult healthcare services. There are concerns that transition may lead to a reduction in care quality and increases in emergency care. This review explores evidence for differences in health or social care use post- versus pre-transition to adult services.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsychINFO and Social Science Citation Index were searched. Studies published in English since 1990 including individuals with any life-limiting condition post- and pre-transition and reporting a health or social care use outcome were included. Data were extracted and quality assessed by one reviewer with 30% checked by an independent reviewer.

Results

Nineteen papers

SUBMITTER: Jarvis SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671088 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature