Do interventions designed to support shared decision- making reduce health inequalities? A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Durand, Marie Anne ^a   Carpenter, Lewis ^a   Dolan, Hayley ^a   Bravo, Paulina ^b   Mann, Mala ^c   Bunn, Frances ^a   Elwyn, Glyn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84899704541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094670     Document Type: Article

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