Journal of Nephrology & Therapeutics

Department of Nephrology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Publications

• Mini Review   
  A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Co-Located Specialty Care Within Primary Care Practice Settings
  Author(s): Zahra Lotfi* and Reshma Lofti
  
  Specialist co-location in primary care has been proposed as a strategy to reduce care fragmentation, inefficiency, and cost. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to assess the impact of co-located specialty care models in primary care settings. Methods: Through February 2015, Ovid Medline In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, Ovid Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Ovid Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Scopus were searched. A manual search of the bibliographies of the included studies was carried out. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies reporting on the following outcomes in physically co-located specialties in primary care were included: patient satisfaction; provider satisfaction; health care access and utilization; clinical outcomes; and costs... Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2161-0959.2022.12.412

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