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Titti Mattsson

Professor

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Organisational models of Health services for Children and adolescents in out-of-home care: Health technology assessment

Author

  • Tita Mensah
  • Anders Hjern
  • Kickan Håkansson
  • Pia Johansson
  • Ann Kristine Jonsson
  • Titti Mattsson
  • Sofia Tranæus
  • Bo Vinnerljung
  • Pernilla Östlund
  • Gunilla Klingberg

Summary, in English


Aim

Decades of research confirm that children and adolescents in out‐of‐home care (foster family, residential care) have much greater health care needs than their peers. A systematic literature review was conducted to evaluate organisational health care models for this vulnerable group.
Methods

A systematic literature search was undertaken of the following databases: Academic Search Elite, CENTRAL, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cinahl, DARE, ERIC, HTA, PsycInfo, Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection, PubMed, SocIndex. Randomised and non‐randomised controlled trials were to be included. Two pairs of reviewers independently assessed abstracts of the identified published papers. Abstracts meeting the inclusion criteria were ordered in full text. Each article was reviewed independently, by pairs of reviewers. A joint assessment was made based on the inclusion criteria and relevance. Cases of disagreement were resolved by consensus discussion.
Results

No study with low or medium risk of bias was identified.
Conclusion

In the absence of studies of acceptable quality, it is not possible to assess the impact of organisational models intended to ensure adequate health and dental care for children and adolescents in out‐of‐home care. Therefore, well‐designed follow‐up studies should be conducted following the implementation of such models

Department/s

  • Norma Research Programme
  • Health Law
  • Public Law
  • Department of Law

Publishing year

2020-02

Language

English

Pages

250-257

Publication/Series

Acta Pædiatrica

Volume

109

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Status

Published

Research group

  • Norma Research Programme
  • Health Law
  • Public Law

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1651-2227