Self-Management Support: Summary of Literature

This paper compares findings from two New Zealand studies on care coordination for patients with chronic conditions and discusses the implications of the results. Despite government investment in care coordination for long-term conditions, there has been little change in the nature of service delivery from the patient perspective. This paper highlights the shortcomings of simply providing additional funding for care coordination, without built in accountabilities, no planned evaluation and no concerted focus on what the model of care should look like.