Interventions for improving outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2021, Issue 1, 2021, Pages

  Smith, Susan M ^a   Wallace, Emma ^a   O'Dowd, Tom ^b   Fortin, Martin ^c  

^a Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGE; AMBLYOPIA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AMBLYOPIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MULTIMORBIDITY; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85100225090     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006560.pub4     Document Type: Review

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