abstract：:In March 2009 members of the research, policy and practice communities in the fields of ageing and disability came together in Barcelona for the first international conference on bridging knowledge in long-term care and support. This paper presents a brief snapshot of some of the key themes and ideas that emerged duri...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： McDaid D,Cieza A,Gomez AR

更新日期：2009-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving the healthcare for patients with depression is a priority health policy across the world. Roughly, two major problems can be identified in daily practice: (1) the content of care is often not completely consistent with recommendations in guidelines and (2) the organization of care is not always int...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Franx G,Meeuwissen JA,Sinnema H,Spijker J,Huyser J,Wensing M,de Lange J

更新日期：2009-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：PROBLEM STATEMENT:Health care delivery in Germany is highly fragmented, resulting in poor vertical and horizontal integration and a system that is focused on curing acute illness or single diseases instead of managing patients with more complex or chronic conditions, or managing the health of determined populations. Wh...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Schlette S,Lisac M,Blum K

更新日期：2009-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 2002 the Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted goals for reducing the burden of chronic disease through a new screening program in its publicly funded health centers ("Dom Zdravljas"). This study evaluated the first year of program implementation. METHODS:The evaluation used in-depth inter...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Rodic R,Krajnovic V,Howell EM,Vukovic V,Bomestar N

更新日期：2008-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Description and analysis of the effects and side-effects of integrated mental health care in the Netherlands. CONTEXT OF CASE:Due to a number of large-scale mergers, Dutch mental health care has become an illustration of integration and coherence of care services. This process of integration, however, has not ...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Hutschemaekers GJ,Tiemens BG,de Winter M

更新日期：2007-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the circumstances as to why it is so difficult in the primary care sector to implement IT based infrastructures supporting shared care. CASE STUDY:The qualitative analysis includes two separate case studies of IT-supported shared care implemented in two different regions of Denmark throughout 20...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Granlien MF,Simonsen J

更新日期：2007-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop an in-depth understanding of a shared care model from primary mental health and nutrition care practitioners with a focus on program goals, strengths, challenges and target population benefits. DESIGN:Qualitative method of focus groups. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS:The study involved fifty-three practiti...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Paquette-Warren J,Vingilis E,Greenslade J,Newnam S

更新日期：2006-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:In 2006 the Labour Government in England published its long awaited White Paper on 'community services', following on from the 2005 Green Paper on the future of social care. The policy envisages an unprecedented shift of activity and resources from acute care to community settings, along with a much stronger fo...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Hudson B

更新日期：2006-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper reports on some of the findings of a literature review commissioned to explore integrated care for older people. METHODS:The process of revising included finding and selecting literature from multidisciplinary sources, and encompassed both published papers and 'grey' literature, i.e. material which ...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Reed J,Cook G,Childs S,McCormack B

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility of regional physical therapy networks including continuing education in rheumatology. The aim of these networks was to improve care provided by primary care physical therapists by improving specific knowledge, technical and communicative skills and the collaboration with rheumatologi...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Verhoef J,Oosterveld FG,Hoekman R,Munneke M,Boonman DC,Bakker M,Otten W,Rasker JJ,de Vries-Vander Zwan HM,Vliet Vlieland TP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We analysed the integrated planning model adopted by the Italian region Emilia Romagna in year 2000 to cover the entire range of treatment of cardiovascular disease. This model, called "hub and spoke", provides for the transfer of patient care and treatment from peripheral units (the spokes) to central units ...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Ugolini C,Nobilio L

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper aims to identify problems in estimating and the interpretation of the magnitude of intervention-related change over time or responsiveness assessed with health outcome measures. Responsiveness is a problematic construct and there is no consensus on how to quantify the appropriate index to estimate change ov...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Middel B,van Sonderen E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services in Barcelona is an integral part of the World Health Organizations' Regional Office for Europe. The main purpose of the Barcelona office is within the integration of services to encourage and facilitate changes in health care services in order to promote heal...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Gröne O,Garcia-Barbero M,WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services.

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the introduction of a public, mandatory program of Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) on April 1, 2000, Japan has moved towards a system of social care for the frail and elderly. The program covers care that is both home-based and institutional. Fifty percent of the insurance is financed from the general tax and the o...

journal_title：International journal of integrated care

authors： Matsuda S,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00