A population-based approach to integrated healthcare delivery: a scoping review of clinical care and public health collaboration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A population-based approach to healthcare goes beyond the traditional biomedical model and addresses the importance of cross-sectoral collaboration in promoting health of communities. By establishing partnerships across primary care (PC) and public health (PH) sectors in particular, healthcare organizations can address local health needs of populations and improve health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to map a series of interventions from the empirical literature that facilitate PC-PH collaboration and develop a resource for healthcare organizations to self-evaluate their clinical practices and identify opportunities for collaboration with PH.

Methods

A scoping review was designed and studies from relevant peer-reviewed literature and reports between 1990

SUBMITTER: Shahzad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6556001 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature