Ontario health technology assessment series
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Ont Health Technol Assess Ser · Jan 2013
Review Meta AnalysisIn-home care for optimizing chronic disease management in the community: an evidence-based analysis.
The emerging attention on in-home care in Canada assumes that chronic disease management will be optimized if it takes place in the community as opposed to the health care setting. Both the patient and the health care system will benefit, the latter in terms of cost savings. ⋯ In summary, education-based in-home care is effective at improving outcomes of patients with a range of heart disease severity when delivered by nurses during a single home visit or on an ongoing basis. In-home visits by occupational therapists and physical therapists targeting modification of tasks and the home environment improved functional activities for community-living adults with chronic disease.