ArticleJournal of comorbidity2015
Care coordination of multimorbidity: a scoping study.
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of interventions for the management of multimorbidity in primary care and community settings: systematic review and meta-analysis.Family practice · 2025Pooled it
- Instruments Measuring Integrated Care: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties.The Milbank quarterly · 2016Pooled it
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- Diagnostic Entropy as an Administrative Measure of Cross-System Diagnostic Dispersion in Noncommunicable Disease Inpatients: A Methodological Validation Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Clinical decision-making and care pathways for people with multiple long-term conditions admitted to hospital: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Residential greenspace and multiple chronic health conditions in China: a cross-sectional study.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Perceptions of Hospital Care Quality According to People Living With Multiple Long-Term Conditions: A Scoping Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Social and healthcare professionals' work to establish coherent rehabilitation pathways for people with inflammatory arthritis: a qualitative study.BMC rheumatology · 2025Article
- Caregiving outcomes among informal caregivers of persons with multimorbidity and dementia: a scoping review.European geriatric medicine · 2025Article
- Stakeholder perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to integrating cardiovascular disease and diabetes management at primary care in Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Beyond prescriptions: chronic medication adherence predicts mortality risk in a large-scale cohort study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Co-occurring conditions during pregnancy and hospitalizations in the first year postpartum among persons with opioid use disorder.Preventive medicine · 2024Article
- The association between population health management tools and clinician burnout in the United States VA primary care patient-centered medical home.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- A multidisciplinary, shared care clinic using personalized medicine and coordinated care in patients with concomitant type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Protocol and baseline characteristics.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Experiences of hospital care for people with multiple long-term conditions: a scoping review of qualitative research.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to a Pilot Implementation of an Algorithm-Supported Care Navigation Model of Care: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Continuity and care coordination of primary health care: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundA key challenge in healthcare systems worldwide is the large number of patients who suffer from multimorbidity; despite this, most systems are organized within a single-disease framework.
objectiveThe present study addresses two issues: the characteristics and preconditions of care coordination for patients with multimorbidity; and the factors that promote or inhibit care coordination at the levels of provider organizations and healthcare professionals.
designThe analysis is based on a scoping study, which combines a systematic literature search with a qualitative thematic analysis. The search was conducted in November 2013 and included the PubMed, CINAHL, and Web of Science databases, as well as the Cochrane Library, websites of relevant organizations and a hand-search of reference lists. The analysis included studies with a wide range of designs, from industrialized countries, in English, German and the Scandinavian languages, which focused on both multimorbidity/comorbidity and coordination of integrated care.
resultsThe analysis included 47 of the 226 identified studies. The central theme emerging was complexity. This related to both specific medical conditions of patients with multimorbidity (case complexity) and the organization of care delivery at the levels of provider organizations and healthcare professionals (care complexity).
conclusionsIn terms of how to approach care coordination, one approach is to reduce complexity and the other is to embrace complexity. Either way, future research must take a more explicit stance on complexity and also gain a better understanding of the role of professionals as a prerequisite for the development of new care coordination interventions.
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