What are the Clinical and Social Outcomes of Integrated Care for Older People? A Qualitative Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Older people with multiple chronic conditions have most to gain from successful integrated care models but there is a need to understand current evidence of outcomes for older people.

Methods

A qualitative meta-aggregation method was used for the review. Systematic searching of CINAHL, PubMed (Medline), Web of Science, PsycINFO, Scopus and Cochrane identified an initial 93 papers, of which 27 were reviewed. Studies were selected according to the pre-defined protocol and quality assessed using The Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Tools (JBIQARI). Eleven, peer-reviewed, English-language papers published between 2000 to 2020 were included.

Results

Thirty-three findings were extracted and aggregated into six categories. Three synthesised statements

SUBMITTER: Karacsony S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9504020 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature