The implementation of integrated care: the empirical validation of the Development Model for Integrated care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Integrated care is considered as a strategy to improve the delivery, efficiency, client outcomes and satisfaction rates of health care. To integrate the care from multiple providers into a coherent client-focused service, a large number of activities and agreements have to be implemented like streamlining information flows and patient transfers. The Development Model for Integrated care (DMIC) describes nine clusters containing in total 89 elements that contribute to the integration of care. We have empirically validated this model in practice by assessing the relevance, implementation and plans of the elements in three integrated care service settings in The Netherlands: stroke, acute myocardial infarct (AMI), and dementia.

Methods

Based on the DMIC, a survey was

SUBMITTER: Minkman MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3160357 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature