Aligning Ambition and Reality: A Multiple Case Study Into Synergistic Influences of Financial and Other Factors on the Outcomes of Integrated Care Projects.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While the benefits of integrated care are widely acknowledged, its implementation has proven difficult. Together with other factors, financial factors are known to influence progress towards care integration, but in-depth insight in their influence on the envisioned outcomes of integrated care projects is limited.

Methods

We conducted a multiple case study of four integrated care projects in the Netherlands. The projects were purposely sampled to be representative of integrated care in its different forms. A total of 29 semi-structured interviews were held with project members, both medical and non-medical staff. In addition, 141 documents were analyzed, including scientific publications and minutes of meetings. Based on elaborate project descriptions we deduced

SUBMITTER: Allers S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11295916 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature