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Selection of the method to appraise and compare health systems using risk stratification: the ASSEHS approach

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To face the challenge of active and healthy ageing, European Health Systems and services should move towards proactive, anticipatory and integrated care. The comparison of methods to combine results across studies and to determine an overall effect was undertaken by the EU project ASSEHS (Activation of Stratification Strategies and Results of the interventions on frail patients of Healthcare Services, EU project (No. 2013 12 04). The questions raised in ASSEHS are broad and involve a complex body of literature. Thus, systematic reviews are not appropriate. The most appropriate method appears to be scoping studies. In this paper, an updated method of scoping studies has been used to determine the questions needed to appraise the health systems and services for frailty in the ageing population. Three objectives were set (i) to detect a relevant number of risk stratification tools for frailty and identify the best-in-class, (ii) to understand the feasibility of introducing stratification tools and identify the difficulties of the process and (iii) to find evidence on the impact of risk stratification in Health Services. This novel approach may provide greater clarity about scoping study methodology and help enhance the methodological rigor with which authors undertake and report scoping studies.

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Abbreviations

ASSEHS:

Activation of Stratification Strategies and Results of the interventions on frail patients of Healthcare Services

EIPonAHA:

European innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing

EU:

European union

PICO:

Patient, problem or population, intervention, comparison, control or comparator, outcome

PRISMA:

Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses

RCT:

Randomised controlled trial

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  1. International Center for Research in Chronicity, Kronikgune, Biscay, Spain

    J. Mora, M. David, L. Prieto & E. de Manuel

  2. Philips Electronics Nederland B.V., Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    D. De Massari, S. Pauws & J. op den Buijs

  3. Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    J. Contel

  4. Fundació Ticsalut, Mataró, Spain

    T. Martí

  5. Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    J. Bousquet

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The members of the ASSEHS study group are given below:

E de Manuel, M David, J Mora, L Prieto; Kronikgune, International Center for Research in Chronicity, Spain

C Domingo, J Orueta; Osakidetza, Basque Public Health Provider, Spain

E Valía, F Ródenas; Polibienestar Institute-University of Valencia, Spain

S Pauws, J op den Buijs, D De Massari, M Asim; Philips Electronics Nederland B.V. acting through Philips Research

J Contel; Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain

T Martí; Fundació Ticsalut, Spain

I Baroni, M Nalin; Telbios S.p.a, Italy

F Robusto, V Lepore; Fondazione Mario Negri Sud, Italy Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Montpellier, France

F Avolio; Regional Healthcare Agency of Puglia, Italy

A Bedbrook, R Bourret, J Bousquet; Centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

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Mora, J., De Massari, D., Pauws, S. et al. Selection of the method to appraise and compare health systems using risk stratification: the ASSEHS approach. Aging Clin Exp Res 27, 767–774 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-015-0458-5

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