Patient navigation across the cancer care continuum: An overview of systematic reviews and emerging literature
Queensland University of Technology · Flinders University · +11 more institutions
Abstract
Patient navigation is a strategy for overcoming barriers to reduce disparities and to improve access and outcomes. The aim of this umbrella review was to identify, critically appraise, synthesize, and present the best available evidence to inform policy and planning regarding patient navigation across the cancer continuum. Systematic reviews examining navigation in cancer care were identified in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL), Epistemonikos, and Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) databases and in the gray literature from January 1, 2012, to April 19, 2022. Data were screened, extracted, and…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 67.52
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 142
Authors
17- RJRaymond J. ChanCorresponding
Queensland University of Technology, Flinders University, Cancer Council Queensland
- VMVivienne Milch
Flinders University, Cancer Australia, The University of Notre Dame Australia
- FCFiona Crawford‐Williams
Flinders University
- OAOluwaseyifunmi Andi Agbejule
Flinders University
- RJRia Joseph
Flinders University
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Critical appraisal
- Systematic review
- CINAHL
- Checklist
- MEDLINE
- Cochrane Library
- Health care