Situational awareness, relational coordination and integrated care delivery to hospitalized elderly in the Netherlands: a comparison between hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is known that interprofessional collaboration is crucial for integrated care delivery, yet we are still unclear about the underlying mechanisms explaining effectiveness of integrated care delivery to older patients. In addition, we lack research comparing integrated care delivery between hospitals. Therefore, this study aims to (i) provide insight into the underlying components 'relational coordination' and 'situational awareness' of integrated care delivery and the role of team and organizational context in integrated care delivery; and (ii) compare situational awareness, relational coordination, and integrated care delivery of different hospitals in the Netherlands.

Methods

This cross-sectional study took place in 2012 among professionals from three different

SUBMITTER: Hartgerink JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3890569 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature