Evaluating integrated health care: a model for measurement

Commentary: “Evaluating integrated health care: a system of measurement”

An increase in body fat is generally associated with an increase in risk of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and dyslipidaemia (1). Body mass index (BMI) criteria are currently the primary focus in obesity treatment recommendations, with different treatment cutoff points based upon the presence or absence of obesity-related comorbid disease (Table 1). In additio...

Brief commentary on “Evaluating integrated health care: a model for measurement”

PURPOSE In the development of integrated care, there is an increasing need for knowledge about the actual degree of integration between different providers of health services. The purpose of this article is to describe the conceptualisation and validation of a practical model for measurement, which can be used by managers to implement and sustain integrated care. THEORY The model is based on ...

Integrated Care: A Pill for All Ills?

There is an increasing policy emphasis on the integration of care, both within the healthcare sector and also between the health and social care sectors, with the simple aim of ensuring that individuals get the right care, in the right place, at the right time. However, implementing this simple aim is rather more complex. In this editorial, we seek to make sense of this complexity and ask: what...

Evaluating prognostic factors: implications for measurement of health care outcome.

Measurement ofhealth care outcomes has become the contemporary philosophers' stone for public health researchers, managers, and politicians alike. Each group recognises that the rational use of scarce resources depends on measuring the effectiveness of different procedures and programmes of care. 1 This point was clearly made by Cochrane in 19722 and there has since been increasing interest in ...

Towards integrated health care: a model for assault victims.