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To report a concept analysis of interprofessional collaboration in the context of chronic disease management, for older adults living in communities.

Increasing prevalence of chronic disease among older adults is creating significant burden for patients, families and healthcare systems. Managing chronic disease for older adults living in the community requires interprofessional collaboration across different health and other care providers, organizations and sectors. However, there is a lack of consensus about the definition and use of interprofessional collaboration for community‐based chronic disease management.

Concept analysis.

Electronic databases CINAHL, Medline, HealthStar, EMBASE, PsychINFO, Ageline and Cochrane Database were searched from 2000 ‐ 2013.

Rodgers' evolutionary method for concept analysis.

The most common …