Annals of family medicine
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Annals of family medicine · Nov 2019
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyEffectiveness of Community-Links Practitioners in Areas of High Socioeconomic Deprivation.
To assess the effect of a primary care-based community-links practitioner (CLP) intervention on patients' quality of life and well-being. ⋯ We were unable to prove the effectiveness of referral to CLPs based in primary care in deprived areas for improving patient outcomes. Future efforts to boost uptake and engagement could improve overall outcomes, although the apparent improvements in those who regularly saw the CLPs may be due to reverse causality. Further research is needed before wide-scale deployment of this approach.