Table 3. Classification of Studies by Health Conditions and Health Care Sectors.
| # Articles by Health Care Sectora | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Conditions | # Articles | Hospital | Residential | Home and Community | Otherb |
| Multiple chronic diseases | 45 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 7 |
| Cancer | 27 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 4 |
| Dementia | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Neurological diseases | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Renal disease | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Frail elderly | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Congestive heart failure | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Other | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Not specified | 48 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 11 |
| Total | 177 | ||||
aCoding is not mutually exclusive as some studies addressed multiple health care sectors.
bHospice care, education, unspecified.