What are the benefits and harms of patient navigation for children and adolescents with chronic diseases?

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What are the benefits and harms of patient navigation for children and adolescents with chronic diseases? Key messages – We are very uncertain about the effects of patient navigator programmes compared with usual care on the quality of life of children and adolescents; the quality of life of their families; how many times they are admitted to hospital or go to the emergency department; how many school, day care, or college days they miss; and how much this costs. – There is currently a lack of evidence to determine the effects of patient navigator programmes on children and adolescents with...

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