Referral and access to heart function clinics: A realist review

Findings

Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant

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Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2019
Year Published

2020
Quality Rating

5/10 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

Canada (10); USA (9); Sweden (6); Australia (3); Italy (2); UK (England) (2); Denmark (1); Ireland (1); Netherlands (1); New Zealand (1); Not reported (1); Taiwan (1)
Global/regional focus

Not yet available
Country focus

Canada (10); USA (9); Sweden (6); Australia (3); Italy (2); UK (England) (2); Denmark (1); Ireland (1); Netherlands (1); New Zealand (1); Not reported (1); Taiwan (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)

Delivery arrangements
How care is designed to meet consumers' needs
Availability of care
Timely access to care
Package of care/care pathways/disease management
Where care is provided
Site of service delivery
Integration of services
Theme

Optimal aging
Domain

Diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Cardiovascular disease
Sectors
Hospital care

Publication details

Citation

Fowokan A, Frankfurter C, Dobrow MJ, Abrahamyan L, Mcdonald M, Virani S, et al. Referral and access to heart function clinics: A realist review. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2020.
DOI

10.1111/jep.13489

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