The effects of care bundles on patient outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Implementation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lavallée, Jacqueline F ^a,b,c   Gray, Trish A ^a,b   Dumville, Jo ^a,b   Russell, Wanda ^d   Cullum, Nicky ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Greater Manchester Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Care bundle; Effectiveness; Implementation fidelity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRITISH NURSING INDEX; CARE BUNDLE; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE BUNDLES;

EID: 85035359562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0670-0     Document Type: Review

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