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Integrated care

About: Integrated care is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 7318 publications have been published within this topic receiving 106960 citations. The topic is also known as: Integrated Delivery of Health Care & Delivery of Health Care, Integrated.


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TL;DR: The unique nature of integrated care as a topic for economic evaluation is described, the obstacles to perform economic evaluation are explored, methods and techniques that can be used to address them are discussed, and the basis to develop a research agenda for health economics in integrated care is set.
Abstract: Health economists are increasingly interested in integrated care in order to support decision-makers to find cost-effective solutions able to tackle the threat that chronic diseases pose on population health and health and social care budgets. However, economic evaluation in integrated care is still in its early years, facing several difficulties. The aim of this paper is to describe the unique nature of integrated care as a topic for economic evaluation, explore the obstacles to perform economic evaluation, discuss methods and techniques that can be used to address them, and set the basis to develop a research agenda for health economics in integrated care. The paper joins the voices that call health economists to pay more attention to integrated care and argues that there should be no more time wasted for doing it.

43 citations

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TL;DR: The Chronic Care Model is a heuristic model that offers an approach to increase the ability of PCPs to identify, treat and effectively manage AUDs and works well for a variety of chronic illnesses and across a number of different organizational settings.
Abstract: Objective: Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are serious and often chronic medical conditions that present a significant public health concern. The Chronic Care Model (CCM), originally designed to improve care for patients with chronic conditions, is also applicable to a broad range of individuals with AUDs. In this article, we describe the CCM and discuss ways it can be adapted in primary care settings to improve care for AUDs. Method: We review the evidence for considering the spectrum of AUDs as a chronic disease and discuss how the CCM might guide the reorganization of care to improve the delivery of effective interventions in primary care settings. We also solicited specific advice and feedback from an expert panel by means of a listserv. Results: The CCM is a heuristic model that offers an approach to increase the ability of PCPs to identify, treat and effectively manage AUDs. Research suggests the model works well for a variety of chronic illnesses and across a number of different organizational setting...

43 citations

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TL;DR: Based on this methodology, integrated health care delivery provided by a network of GPs improved health outcomes of type 2 diabetics with acceptable cost effectiveness, which suggests that similar outcomes may be obtained elsewhere.
Abstract: Type 2 diabetes is rapidly growing as a proportion of the disease burden in Australia as elsewhere. This study addresses the cost effectiveness of an integrated approach to assisting general practitioners (GPs) with diabetes management. This approach uses a centralized database of clinical data of an Australian Division of General Practice (a network of GPs) to co-ordinate care according to national guidelines.

43 citations

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TL;DR: Investigation of the impacts of co-location of HCV and substance use services on engagement in the HCV cascade of care among adult PWID indicated that overall integrated care resulted in improved engagement in HCV care, but the quality of evidence was predominantly low to moderate.

43 citations

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TL;DR: Evaluating parents’ experiences regarding the system’s contribution to their communication with professionals during a six-months pilot in three Dutch care regions found all users indicated a contribution of the system to parent-professional communication, although the extent of the experienced contribution varied considerably.
Abstract: Introduction: To improve communication in the integrated care setting of children with cerebral palsy, we developed a web-based system for parent-professional and inter-professional communication. The present study aimed to evaluate parents’ experiences regarding the system’s contribution to their communication with professionals during a six-months pilot in three Dutch care regions. In addition, factors associated with parents’ system use and non-use were analyzed. Theory and methods: The system’s functional specifications were based on key elements of the Chronic Care Model and quality dimensions formulated by the Institute of Medicine. At baseline, parents completed a T0-questionnaire on their experiences regarding sufficiency of contact, accessibility of professionals, timeliness of information exchange, consistency of information and parents’ role as messenger of information and/or care coordinator. After the pilot, parents completed a T1-questionnaire on their experiences regarding the system’s contribution to each of these aspects.

42 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202384
2022166
2021672
2020663
2019630
2018663