ArticleInternational journal of integrated care2018
Finding the Integrated Care Evidence Base in PubMed and Beyond: A Bibliometric Study of the Challenges.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The renewed Development Model for Integrated Care: a systematic review and model update.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
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- Preferences of Integrated Care and the Influencing Factors Among Chinese Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
- Primary care family physicians' experiences with clinical integration in qualitative and mixed reviews: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Mapping the scientific research on integrated care: a bibliometric and social network analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Successful ingredients of effective Collaborative Care programs in low- and middle-income countries: A rapid review.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Review
- Relationships Among Structures, Team Processes, and Outcomes for Service Users in Quebec Mental Health Service Networks.International journal of integrated care · 2020Article
- How to improve care across boundaries.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionIntegrated care research evidence should be optimally visible and accessible to stakeholders. This study examines the contribution of specific databases to the discovery of integrated care evidence, and tests the usefulness of Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) indexing of this literature within PubMed.
methodsWe used bibliometric methods to analyse the integrated care literature indexed within six databases between 2007 and 2016. An international expert advisory group assessed the relevance of citations randomly retrieved from PubMed using MeSH term 'Delivery of Health Care, Integrated'.
resultsIntegrated care evidence is diffuse, spread across many journals. Between 2007 and 2016, integrated care citations grew substantially, with the rate of increase highest in Embase. PubMed contributes the largest proportion of unique citations (citations not included in any of the other databases analysed), followed by Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL. On average, expert reviewers rated 42.5% of citations retrieved by MeSH term 'Delivery of Health Care, Integrated' as relevant to integrated care. When these citations were dual reviewed, inter-rater agreement was low.
conclusionMeSH terms alone are insufficient to retrieve integrated care content from PubMed. Embase and CINAHL contain unique content not found in PubMed that should not be overlooked. A validated search filter is proposed to simplify the process of finding integrated care research for clinicians, managers and decision-makers.
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