Implementation of Integrated Care for the Aged Population in Anhui and Fujian Province of China: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Implementing integrated care for the aged population has been regarded as a mechanism to achieve healthy ageing. However, evidence from undeveloped nations has been scant. This study aims to explore the integrated care experience in Anhui and Fujian Province of China based on the Rainbow Model of Integrated Care (RMIC).

Methods

The qualitative study was conducted in Anhui (in the middle area) and Fujian Province (in the eastern area) between May and September in 2018. The interviewees included twenty-eight policy makers working at departments of health and civil affairs at different levels and seventeen heads of medical and elderly care institutions.

Results

The preliminary progress of integrated care in the sample cities of two provinces are mainly shown

SUBMITTER: Yuan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9187242 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature