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Table 4 Studies on the effect of interprofessional collaborations in elderly and/or polypathological patients

From: Interprofessional collaboration in primary care: what effect on patient health? A systematic literature review

Author year

Region

Design

Population / Pathology cible

Intervention

Number

Number of type of professionals

Duration

Aigner 2004 [51]

North America

R / Rd

Elderly people

Collaboration nurse practitioners / physicians

203

2

12—24 months

Boult 2008 [52]/Leff 2009 [53]

North America

P / Rd

Elderly people and comorbidities

Guided Care: assessment, care guide, action plan, monthly monitoring, patient and family caregivers’ education, coordination of cares

904

2

12–24 months

Boult 2011 [54]

North America

P / Rd

General population

Guided Care: assessment, care guide, action plan, monthly monitoring, patient and family caregivers’ education, coordination of cares

850

2

12—24 months

Boyd 2010 [55]

North America

P / Rd

Elderly people and comorbidities

Guided Care: assessment, care guide, action plan, monthly monitoring, patient and family caregivers’ education, coordination of cares

2391

2

12—24 months

Brown 2003 [56]

Europa

P / NRd

Elderly people

Integrated health and social care

393

 > 2

12—24 months

Burns 2000 [57]

North America

P / Rd

Elderly people (veterans)

Interdisciplinary primary care team: assessment and management

128

 > 2

12—24 months

Dolovich 2019 [58]

North America

P / Rd

Elderly people

Person-centred and team-based primary care intervention, including new health care elements

312

 > 2

 < 12 months

Hogg 2009 [59]

North America

P / Rd

Comorbidities

Multidisciplinary team: Physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists

241

 > 2

12—24 months

Lenaghan 2007 [60]

Europa

P / Rd

Elderly people

Physician–pharmacist collaboration and patient education

136

2

 < 12 months

Lin, 2014 [61]

North America

P / Rd

Depression / diabetes/ coronaropathy

Patient-centred collaborative care program

214

 > 2

12—24 months

Matzke 2018 [62]

North America

P / NRd

Comorbidities

Inclusion of clinical pharmacists in this physician– pharmacist collaborative care–based patient-centred medical home model

4960

 > 2

12—24 months

Melis 2008 [63]

Europa

P / Rd PC

Elderly people

Multidisciplinary community intervention model: nurse home visits, GP inclusion

151

 > 2

 < 12 months

Riverin 2017 [64]

North America

R/ NRd

Elderly people and comorbidities

Multidisciplinaryy team-based primary care practice

312377

2

 > 24 months

Sellors 2003 [65]

North America

P / Rd

Elderly people

Collaboration pharmacist/physician

889

2

 < 12 months

Sommers 2000 [66]

North America

P / Rd

Elderly people

Interdisciplinary collaborative practice intervention

543

 > 2

12—24 months

Taplin 1998 [67]

North America

P / NRd

General population

Reorganization of a care team around population-based care

1460

 > 2

12—24 months

Van Lieshout 2018 [68]

Europa

P / Rd

Elderly people

Interdisciplinary multicomponent intervention program: a medication review, physical fitness, social skills, and nutrition

290

 > 2

12—24 months

Wolff 2010 [69]

North America

P / Rd

Comorbidities

Guided Care on Family caregivers: assessment, care guide, action plan, monthly monitoring, patient and family caregivers’ education, coordination of cares

196

2

12—24 months

  1. P Prospective, R Retrospective, Rd randomised, Rd PC Pseudo cluster randomised, NRd nonrandomised