Integrating services is a hot topic amongst health system policy-makers and healthcare
managers. There is some evidence that integrated services deliver efficiencies and reduce …

Across the United Kingdom, there is growing interest from politicians, national and local
service leaders and clinicians in integration, care co-ordination and partnership working …

Purpose Integrated care is gaining popularity in Australian public policy as an acceptable
means to address the needs of the unwell aged. The purpose of this paper is to investigate …

Background: To address the challenges of caring for a growing number of older people with
a mix of both health problems and functional impairment, programmes in different countries …

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 …

'Integrated care'is a term that reflects a concern to improve patient experience and achieve
greater efficiency and value from health delivery systems. The aim is to address …

Method These goals were accomplished through a review of the integrated care literature
followed by a survey of the Canadian provinces. A pretested questionnaire was sent to each …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of an integration programme on
service users from users' own perspective. Design/methodology/approach–Multi-method …

Integrated care has been recognised as a key initiative to resolve the issues surrounding
care for older people living with multi-morbidity. Multiple strategies and policies have been …

In this article we draw on 'practice wisdom'to reflect on the development of interprofessional
partnerships for older people in a metropolitan borough in North West England. We suggest …