Adrienne R Harvey, Elaine Meehan, Nicole Merrick, Anita L D'Aprano, Georgina R Cox, Katrina Williams, Susan M Gibb, Nicki J Mountford, Tom G Connell, Eyal Cohen
BACKGROUND: Children with medical complexity (CMC) represent a small, but growing, proportion of all children. Regardless of their underlying diagnosis, by definition, all CMC have similar functional limitations and high healthcare needs. It has been suggested that improving aspects of healthcare delivery for CMC improves health- and quality of life-related outcomes for children and their families and reduces healthcare-related expenditure. As a result, dedicated comprehensive care programmes have been established at many hospitals to meet the needs of CMC; however, it is unclear if such programmes are effective...
May 30, 2024: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews