Cure8 research brief
The review links avoidable IBD hospital admissions to gaps in access across the care pathway, pointing to specific service areas (timely flare care, specialist access, self-management support) that could be changed to reduce admissions.
Clinicians, health service planners, researchers focused on IBD care delivery, and patients/caregivers concerned about access and preventing hospital admissions.
The authors reviewed literature from 2000–2024 and synthesized findings using the Candidacy Framework. They concluded that inequities in service access and in patient–provider relationships are central drivers of avoidable admissions.
Practical targets include improving service permeability (making services easier to use), timely routes for flare management, better patient education and self-management resources, and stronger links between primary and specialist care.
This is an abstract-based summary of a scoping review and presents a conceptual framework rather than testing a specific intervention. It does not provide direct evidence that any single change will reduce admissions; it identifies system-level domains to address and suggests where interventions could be developed.
Scoping review synthesizing 17 studies (2000–2024) and proposing a conceptual Health System Access Framework; it outlines barriers and targets for intervention but does not test specific solutions.
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