Engaging family caregivers and health system partners in exploring how multi-level contexts in primary care practices affect case management functions and outcomes of patients and family caregivers at end of life: A realist synthesis

Findings

Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Full-text report

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Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

Not reported
Year Published

2021
Quality Rating

7/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (10); Australia (9); Canada (5); UK (England) (5); UK & USA (3); Israel (2); Netherlands (2); Sweden (2); Belgium (1); Canada & USA (1); Denmark (1); France (1); Japan (1); Singapore (1); Spain (1); UK (1)
Global/regional focus

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Country focus

USA (10); Australia (9); Canada (5); UK (England) (5); UK & USA (3); Israel (2); Netherlands (2); Sweden (2); Belgium (1); Canada & USA (1); Denmark (1); France (1); Japan (1); Singapore (1); Spain (1); UK (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review addressing other questions
Type of question

Not effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Not yet available
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Governance arrangements
Consumer & stakeholder involvement
Consumer participation in policy & organizational decisions
Stakeholder participation in policy & organizational decisions (or monitoring)
Delivery arrangements
How care is designed to meet consumers' needs
Case management
By whom care is provided
Staff/self - Shared decision-making
Skill mix - Volunteers or caregivers
Skill mix - Communication & case discussion between distant health professionals
Staff - Training
Implementation strategies
Consumer-targeted strategy
Information or education provision
Communication and decision-making facilitation
Theme

Optimal aging
Domain

Sectors
Primary care
Long-term care
Providers
Physician
Generalist

Publication details

Citation

Warner G, Baird LG, McCormack B, Urquhart R, Lawson B, Tschupruk C, et al. Engaging family caregivers and health system partners in exploring how multi-level contexts in primary care practices affect case management functions and outcomes of patients and family caregivers at end of life: A realist synthesis. BMC Palliative Care. 2021;20:114.
DOI

10.1186/s12904-021-00781-8

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