Stratification tools for assessing older adults with multimorbidity in an integrated care context: A scoping review

Background: Older adults with multimorbidity experience fragmentation of care. Ensuring optimal use of healthcareservices requires stratifying their need for integrated care. We aimed to map existing stratification tools for assessing olderadults with multimorbidity in an integrated care context.
Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, and CINAHL, and extracted definitions ofpopulation, concept, and context following the JBI Framework for Scoping Reviews.
Results: We identified 17,689 articles of which 11 articles were included. Few stratification tools for this population existand differ on scoring methods, domains and settings of use. Stratification is used for identifying older adults with mul-timorbidity to multidisciplinary teams or to case managers. Future research should develop stratification tools acrosssectors focused on the common risk factors of multimorbidity in older adults.