The work presented here had two purposes:(i) to assess the level of penetration of
integrated care in the EU28, Norway and Iceland, and the level of maturity of several health …

Background In response to concerns that the needs of the aging population for well-
integrated care were increasing, the English National Health Service (NHS) appointed 16 …

Health systems around the globe implement integrated care interventions to address the
Triple Aim of simultaneously improving population health, patient experiences and cost …

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

Integrating health and social care has long been a goal of policy-makers and practitioners.
Yet, this aim has remained elusive, partly due to conflicting definitions and a weak evidence …

Purpose In this paper, the Scottish Government's approach to improving outcomes for
patients and service users by integrating health and social care planning and provision is …

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 …

Transforming health care delivery to provide safer and more effective services that contribute
to improving population health whilst containing costs is a significant challenge for health …

Where once the primary purpose of the health and care system was to provide episodic
treatment for acute illness, it now needs to deliver joined-up and proactive support for …

At our recent 13th International Conference on Integrated Care we examined a number of
key challenges to the successful adoption of integrated care [1]. The focus of debate centred …