Impact of relational continuity of primary care in aged care: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Greater continuity of care has been associated with lower hospital admissions and patient mortality. This systematic review aims to examine the impact of relational continuity between primary care professionals and older people receiving aged care services, in residential or home care settings, on health care resource use and person-centred outcomes.

Methods

Systematic review of five databases, four trial registries and three grey literature sources to October 2020. Included studies (a) aimed to increase relational continuity with a primary care professional, (b) focused on older people receiving aged care services (c) included a comparator and (d) reported outcomes of health care resource use, quality of life, activities of daily living, mortality, falls or satis

SUBMITTER: Dyer SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9281225 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature