The purpose of this technical brief was to map the existing literature on home and community-based services in terms of interventions, populations, outcomes, person-centeredness, and relevant quality measures, and identify research gaps for older adults.

The Effective Health Care Program is committed to providing the best available evidence on the outcomes, benefits and harms, and appropriateness of drugs, devices, and health care services and by helping health care professionals, patients, policymakers, and health care systems make informed health care decisions.  The program partners with research centers, academic institutions, health professional societies, consumer organizations, and other stakeholders to conduct research, evidence synthesis, evidence translation, dissemination, and implementation of research findings.

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