Integrated care programs for patients with psychological comorbidity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: Presently, little is known about the characteristics and impact of integrated care programs for patients with psychological comorbidity. The aim was to provide an overview of these integrated care programs and their effectiveness.

Methods: Systematic literature review including papers published between 1995 and 2014.

Comprehensive care programs for patients with multiple chronic conditions: a systematic literature review.

Objective: To provide insight into the characteristics of comprehensive care programs for patients with multiple chronic conditions and their impact on patients, informal caregivers, and professional caregivers.

Methods: Systematic literature search in multiple electronic databases for English language papers published between January 1995 and January 2011, supplemented by reference tracking and a manual search on the internet. Wagner's chronic care model (CCM) was used to define comprehensive care.

The effectiveness of case management for comorbid diabetes type 2 patients; the CasCo study. Design of a randomized controlled trial.

Background: More than half of the patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients are diagnosed with one or more comorbid disorders. They can participate in several single-disease oriented disease management programs, which may lead to fragmented care because these programs are not well prepared for coordinating care between programs. Comorbid patients are therefore at risk for suboptimal treatment, unsafe care, inefficient use of health care services and unnecessary costs.