Integration of non-dispensing pharmacists into primary healthcare services: an umbrella review and narrative synthesis of the effect on patient outcomes
Shaw, Caitlin, and Couzos, Sophie (2021) Integration of non-dispensing pharmacists into primary healthcare services: an umbrella review and narrative synthesis of the effect on patient outcomes. Australian Journal of General Practice, 50 (6). pp. 403-408.
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Abstract
Background and objective: Australian primary care services must address increasingly complex and chronic disease. When integrated into general practice, non-dispensing pharmacists (NDPs) provide clinical services within a team-based model of care to improve patient outcomes and quality use of medications. This review synthesises available systematic reviews and meta-analyses to assess the effect of the integration of NDPs on outcomes of primary care patients.
Methods: PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and JBI Database of Systematic Reviews were searched from August 2019 until December 2019 for systematic reviews and meta-analyses that assessed the integration of NDPs into primary care, as well as patient outcomes.
Results: In total, 591 publications were identified, of which five were suitable for inclusion. Outcomes in the included studies were classified into changes in biomedical markers, changes in prescribing practices and patient-reported outcomes.
Discussion: The results of this review suggest that the integration of NDPs has a positive effect on patient outcomes in primary care.
| Item ID: | 70693 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2208-7958 |
| Keywords: | umbrella review; pharmacists; integration; general practice; primary health care; integrated; embedded; workforce reform; pharmacy |
| Copyright Information: | © The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 2021. |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2021 02:25 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3214 Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences > 321403 Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice @ 50% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420304 General practice @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200102 Efficacy of medications @ 50% 20 HEALTH > 2003 Provision of health and support services > 200310 Primary care @ 50% |
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