Integrated health care delivery - on the road to improved effectiveness (Zintegrowana opieka zdrowotna - w poszukiwaniu poprawy efektywnosci)
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Integrated health care delivery systems play an increasingly important role in the current health care reform efforts in the European Union. At the core of this shift is the movement away from episodic treatment of acute illness events to the provision of a coordinated continuum of services that will support those with chronic conditions. The objective of this paper is, therefore, to discuss the possibilities of boosting the effectiveness by integrating the health care delivery process. The body of the paper is divided into three main parts: first one defines the integration of the health care delivery, second one - reviews the driving forces for health care integration and the last one - provides some empirical evidence of health care integration conducted by the OECD.
Author: Iga Rudawska
Institution: University of Szczecin
Language: Polish
Subfield: Family Practice
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W881254435