Community health services in European literature: A systematic review of their features, outcomes, and nursing contribution to care.
Community care services
home care services
nursing determinants
nursing homes
patient outcomes
primary care
remote health
systematic review
transitional care
Journal
International nursing review
ISSN: 1466-7657
Titre abrégé: Int Nurs Rev
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7808754
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 Jul 2024
29 Jul 2024
Historique:
received:
21
12
2023
accepted:
12
07
2024
medline:
29
7
2024
pubmed:
29
7
2024
entrez:
29
7
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
To meet the population's needs, community care should be customized and continuous, adequately equipped, and monitored. Considering their fragmented and heterogeneous nature, a summary of community healthcare services described in European literature is needed. The aim of this study was to summarize their organizational models, outcomes, nursing contribution to care, and nursing-related determinants of outcomes. A systematic review was performed by searching PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Embase in October 2022 and October 2023 (for updated results). Quantitative studies investigating the effects of community care, including nursing contribution, on patient outcomes were included and summarized. Reporting followed the PRISMA checklist. The review protocol was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022383856). Twenty-three studies describing six types of community care services were included, which are heterogeneous in terms of target population, country, interventions, organizational characteristics, and investigated outcomes. Heterogeneous services' effects were observed for access to emergency services, satisfaction, and compliance with treatment. Services revealed a potential to reduce rehospitalizations of people with long-term conditions, frail or older persons, children, and heart failure patients. Models are mainly multidisciplinary and, although staffing and workload may also have an impact on provided care, this was not enough investigated. Community health services described in European literature in the last decade are in line with population needs and suggest different suitable models and settings according to different care needs. Community care should be strengthened in health systems, although the influence of staffing, workload, and work environment on nursing care should be investigated by developing new management models. Community care models are heterogeneous across Europe, and the optimum organizational structure is not clear yet. Future policies should consider the impact of community care on both health and economic outcomes and enhance nursing contributions to care.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
To meet the population's needs, community care should be customized and continuous, adequately equipped, and monitored.
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
Considering their fragmented and heterogeneous nature, a summary of community healthcare services described in European literature is needed. The aim of this study was to summarize their organizational models, outcomes, nursing contribution to care, and nursing-related determinants of outcomes.
METHODS
METHODS
A systematic review was performed by searching PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Embase in October 2022 and October 2023 (for updated results). Quantitative studies investigating the effects of community care, including nursing contribution, on patient outcomes were included and summarized. Reporting followed the PRISMA checklist. The review protocol was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022383856).
RESULTS
RESULTS
Twenty-three studies describing six types of community care services were included, which are heterogeneous in terms of target population, country, interventions, organizational characteristics, and investigated outcomes. Heterogeneous services' effects were observed for access to emergency services, satisfaction, and compliance with treatment. Services revealed a potential to reduce rehospitalizations of people with long-term conditions, frail or older persons, children, and heart failure patients. Models are mainly multidisciplinary and, although staffing and workload may also have an impact on provided care, this was not enough investigated.
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSIONS
Community health services described in European literature in the last decade are in line with population needs and suggest different suitable models and settings according to different care needs. Community care should be strengthened in health systems, although the influence of staffing, workload, and work environment on nursing care should be investigated by developing new management models.
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH POLICY
UNASSIGNED
Community care models are heterogeneous across Europe, and the optimum organizational structure is not clear yet. Future policies should consider the impact of community care on both health and economic outcomes and enhance nursing contributions to care.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Author(s). International Nursing Review published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Council of Nurses.
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