Journal article
Organising health care services for people with an acquired brain injury: An overview of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials
K Laver, NA Lannin, P Bragge, P Hunter, AE Holland, E Tavender, D O'Connor, F Khan, R Teasell, R Gruen
BMC Health Services Research | Published : 2014
Abstract
Results: A total of five systematic reviews and 21 studies were included in the review; eight of the papers (31%) included people with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or ABI and the remaining papers (69%) included only participants with a diagnosis of stroke. We found evidence supporting the use of integrated care to improve functional outcome and reduce length of stay and evidence supporting early supported discharge teams for reducing morbidity and mortality and reducing length of stay for stroke survivors. There was little evidence to support case management or the use of integrated care pathways for people with ABI. We found evidence that a quality monitoring intervention can lead to impr..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This project is funded by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), through the Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR). DO'C is supported by an Australian NHMRC Public Health Fellowship (606726). The authors wish to thank their colleagues for their assistance in preparation of this document: Loyal Pattuwage for his assistance in searching the literature, data extraction and appraisal of methodological quality of included studies; Dina Watterson for her assistance in data extraction and appraisal of methodological quality of included studies; Ornella Clavisi for her advice on the protocol and search strategy, Lisa Gill for feedback on the research questions included in the review; and Michelle Fiander for her assistance in searching the Cochrane EPOC Group trials register.