The collaboration of general practitioners and nurses in primary care: a comparative analysis of concepts and practices in Slovenia and Spain.

ABSTRACT: Aim A comparative analysis of concepts and practices of GP-nurse collaborations in primary health centres in Slovenia and Spain.

Background

Cross-professional collaboration is considered a key element for providing high-quality comprehensive care by combining the expertise of various professions. In many countries, nurses are also being given new and more extensive responsibilities. Implemented concepts of collaborative care need to be analysed within the context of care concepts, organisational structures, and effective collaboration.

Methods

Background review of primary care concepts (literature analysis, expert interviews), and evaluation of collaboration in 'best practice' health centres in certain regions of Slovenia and Spain. Qualitative content analysis of expert inte

SUBMITTER: Hamel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5577633 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature