Evidence synthesis of health policy and systems research in rehabilitation: a protocol for Cochrane overviews of systematic reviews on delivery, governance, financial arrangements, and implementation strategies

NEGRINI, Stefano; KIEKENS, Carlotte; DEL FURIA, Matteo J; MINOZZI, Silvia; RYAN, Rebecca; ARIENTI, Chiara; Parkhill, Anne; CÔTE, Pierre; GIMIGLIANO, Francesca; SABARIEGO, Carla; CAPODAGLIO, Paolo; DECARY, Simon; DE GROOTE, Wouter; FRONTERA, Walter R; MUDAU, Qhayiya; ATKINSON-GRAHAM, Melissa; BAKAA, Noora; BATTEL, Irene; BUTZBACH, Olivier K; CORDANI, Claudio; ENGEDA, Eshetu H; KONSTANTINIDIS, Theodore; IOLASCON, Giovanni; LIGUORI, Sara; MIOR, Silvano; MORETTI, Antimo; PAOLETTA, Marco; TOUHAMI, Dima; WONG, Jessica; DUTTINE, Antony

doi:10.23736/S1973-9087.24.08833-6

Evidence synthesis of health policy and systems research in rehabilitation: a protocol for Cochrane overviews of systematic reviews on delivery, governance, financial arrangements, and implementation strategies

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posted on 2025-05-26, 06:01 authored by Stefano NEGRINI, Carlotte KIEKENS, Matteo J DEL FURIA, Silvia MINOZZI, Rebecca RYAN, Chiara ARIENTI, Anne ParkhillAnne Parkhill, Pierre CÔTE, Francesca GIMIGLIANO, Carla SABARIEGO, Paolo CAPODAGLIO, Simon DECARY, Wouter DE GROOTE, Walter R FRONTERA, Qhayiya MUDAU, Melissa ATKINSON-GRAHAM, Noora BAKAA, Irene BATTEL, Olivier K BUTZBACH, Claudio CORDANI, Eshetu H ENGEDA, Theodore KONSTANTINIDIS, Giovanni IOLASCON, Sara LIGUORI, Silvano MIOR, Antimo MORETTI, Marco PAOLETTA, Dima TOUHAMI, Jessica WONG, Antony DUTTINE

Abstract:

Cochrane Rehabilitation and the World Health Organization (WHO) Rehabilitation Program are collaborating to produce four Cochrane over- views of systematic reviews that synthesize the current evidence from health policy and systems research (HPSR) in rehabilitation. They will focus on the four pillars of HPSR identified by the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization of Care (EPOC) taxonomy: delivery arrangements, financial arrangements, governance arrangements, and implementation strategies. The protocol describes why HPSR is currently needed in rehabilitation, provides detailed information on the four EPOC pillars in interaction with rehabilitation and reports the Cochrane methods that will be followed to produce the overviews.

1. Del Furia MJ, Minozzi S, Arienti C, Battel I, Capodaglio P, Côté P, Décary S, De Groote W, Duttine A, Frontera WR, Gimigliano F, Kiekens C, Mudau Q, Ryan R, Sabariego C, Negrini S. Delivery arrangements for rehabilitation services in health systems: an overview of systematic reviews. 2. Gimigliano F, Arienti C, Butzback OK, Capodaglio P, Côté P, Décary S, Del Furia MJ, De Groote W, Duttine A, Frontera WR, Iolascon G, Kiekens C, Liguori S, Minozzi S, Mudau Q, Negrini S, Paoletta M, Ryan R, Sabariego C, Moretti A. Financial arrangements for rehabilitation services in health systems: an overview of systematic reviews. 3. Atkinson-Graham M, Mior S, Bakaa N, Konstantinidis T, Wong J, Arienti C, Capodaglio P, Décary S, De Groote W, Del Furia MJ, Duttine A, Frontera WR, Kiekens C, Minozzi S, Gimigliano F, Mudau Q, Negrini S, Ryan R, Sabariego C, Côté P. Governance arrangements for rehabilitation services in health systems: an overview of systematic reviews. 4. Touhami D, Ryan R, Engeda EH, Arienti C, Capodaglio P, Côté P, Décary S, Del Furia MJ, De Groote W, Duttine A, Frontera WR, Gimigliano F, Kiekens C, Minozzi S, Mudau Q, Negrini S, Sabariego C. Implementation strategies for rehabilitation services in health systems: an overview of systematic reviews.

The protocol is largely common to all four overviews. The individual parts of each overview can be identified by the sub-titles delivery arrangements, financial arrangements, governance arrangements, and implementation strategies for overviews 1 to 4.

Funding

This study was supported and funded by the Italian Ministry of health – Ricerca Corrente. The funder has no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

History

Publication Date

2025-04-01

Journal

European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Volume

61

Issue

2

Pagination

28p. (p.335-350)

Publisher

Edizioni Minerva Medica

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