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Are home visits an effective method for diabetes management? A quantitative systematic review and meta-analysis



Findings
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  • Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Full-text report
  • Scientific Abstract
  • Scientific Abstract
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2016
  • Year Published
    2017
  • Quality Rating
    7/10 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    USA (4); Australia (1); Canada (1); Thailand (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
    USA (4); Australia (1); Canada (1); Thailand (1)
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    At least one included study was conducted in a low- or middle-income country
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Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Systematic review of effects
  • Type of question
    Effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Target
    Individual
    Health system
  • Priority Area
    Not applicable
  • Health system topic(s)
    Delivery arrangements
    How care is designed to meet consumers' needs
    Culturally appropriate care
    By whom care is provided
    Self-management
    Where care is provided
    Site of service delivery
    Outreach
    Implementation strategies
    Consumer-targeted strategy
    Information or education provision
    Skills and competencies development
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
  • Domain
    Diseases
    Non-communicable diseases
    Cardiovascular disease
    Diabetes
    Sectors
    Primary care
    Home care
    Public health
    Providers
    Nurse
Publication details
  • Citation
    Han L, Ma Y, Wei S, Tian J, Yang X, Shen X, et al. Are home visits an effective method for diabetes management? A quantitative systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 2017.
  • DOI
    10.1111/jdi.12630

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