Offer of integrative and complementary health practices for the elderly in health services: A protocol for systematic review and meta analysis.

Introduction: Integrative and complementary health practices (ICHP) question the hegemony of the biomedical, technical and hospital paradigm, as they are an important axis in the process of redefining the health care model. Understanding how ICHP are offered to the elderly population can help to improve the production of changes in care and in the daily life of health services.

Objective: To identify and summarize the scientific evidence on the provision of ICHP for the elderly in health services.