CONTENTS
1. Introduction ............................................................. 1
1.1 About this project ......................................................... 1
1.2 About this document ...................................................... 1
2. Methods of the Systematic Rapid Evidence Assessment ................... 2
2.1 Review type .............................................................. 2
2.2 Review question .......................................................... 2
2.3 User involvement ......................................................... 2
2.4 Identifying and describing studies ............................................ 2
2.4.1 Defining relevant studies: Inclusion and exclusion criteria ...................... 2
2.4.2 Identification of potential studies: Searching and screening .................... 3
2.5 Data extraction ........................................................... 5
2.6. Quality assurance process .................................................. 5
2.7 In-depth review ........................................................... 5
2.7.1 Moving from broad characterisation (mapping) to in-depth review ............... 5
2.7.2 Detailed description of studies in the in-depth review ......................... 5
2.7.3 Assessing quality of studies and weight of evidence for the review question ....... 5
2.7.4 Synthesis of evidence on outcomes ......................................... 6
2.7.5 Synthesis of Economic Analysis ............................................. 7
2.8 In-depth review: quality assurance process .................................... 7
3. Descriptive information about studies in the map ........................ 8
4. Studies selected for the in-depth review ................................ 11
5. References for studies included in the SREA............................. 12
Appendix 1.1: Authorship of this report .................................... 15
Appendix 2.1: Details of search strategy ................................... 16
Appendix 2.2: Coding framework .......................................... 23
Appendix 2.3: Framework for assessing Weight of Evidence B .............. 43
Appendix 4: Summary of in-depth studies .................................. 44
Table 1: HCHHHU Characteristics ............................................... 44
Table 2: Services delivered and study results ..................................... 49
Table 3: Methods and Weight of Evidence ........................................ 57
Table 4: Characteristics of the coordination /
integration intervention and overall study results ......................... 59
Table 5: Summary of economic analysis ......................................... 70