Developing a combined framework for priority setting in integrated health and social care systems

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an international move towards greater integration of health and social care to cope with the increasing demand on services.. In Scotland, legislation was passed in 2014 to integrate adult health and social care services resulting in the formation of 31 Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs). Greater integration does not eliminate resource scarcity and the requirement to make (resource) allocation decisions to meet the needs of local populations. There are different perspectives on how to facilitate and improve priority setting in health and social care organisations with limited resources, but structured processes at the local level are still not widely implemented. This paper reports on work with new HSCPs in Scotland to develop a combined multi-disciplin

SUBMITTER: Collins M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10440867 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature