Purpose Inform health system improvements by summarizing components of integrated care
in older populations. Identify key implementation barriers and facilitators. Data sources A …

Background Addressing the social and other non-biological determinants of health largely
depends on policies and programmes implemented outside the health sector. While there is …

The integration of medical and social care aims to address the fragmentation in patient
services observed in many health care systems. Increasing rates of chronic disease and …

Discussion: The three cases demonstrate how goal-oriented care has the potential to
catalyse integrated care. Exploration of these cases suggests that goal-oriented care can …

Methods The evaluation team conducted qualitative studies of change at organisational,
clinician and patient levels (using interviews, focus groups and a survey); and quantitative …

China introduced the county medical community (CMC) reform, aimed to provide high-
quality medical resources to rural citizens, in 2017. This study examines the impact of the …

Methods A survey was developed, validated and distributed to 2029 randomly selected
practice patients identified as having a care plan. Results A total of 405 questionnaires were …

Background To assess whether the Multidisciplinary Risk Assessment and Management
Program for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus (RAMP-DM) led to improvements in biomedical …

The literature on integrated care is limited with respect to practical learning and experience.
Although some attention has been paid to organizational processes and structures, not …

This will be responded to within a concept note, synthesising the existing literature and
evidence, and outlining WHO Europe's definition of coordinated/integrated health services …