Why the study?
Do shared care interventions improve outcomes in patients with chronic disease?
Population
20 studies examining patients with chronic disease managed across the primary-specialty care interface
Design
Systematic_review
Follow-up
short duration
Authors
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Shared care should not enter routine chronic disease practice; methodological shortcomings leave efficacy unresolved.
Do shared care interventions improve outcomes in patients with chronic disease?
There is currently insufficient evidence to support the introduction of shared care services into clinical practice for chronic disease management, largely due to methodological shortcomings of existing studies.
Thiele et al. (2011) studied this question.
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