Background Children and young people (CYP) with comorbid physical and/or mental health
conditions often struggle to receive a timely diagnosis, access specialist mental health care …

Background Paediatric integrated care (PIC), which involves primary care and behavioural
health clinicians working together with patients and families, has been promoted as a best …

Psychiatric disorders are becoming more frequently diagnosed within the pediatric primary
care setting. Despite increased diagnosis within primary care, only a minority of patients …

Background Increasing specialisation and technical sophistication of medical tools across
the 21st century have contributed to dramatic improvements in the life‐expectancy of …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of integrated care on child health, health service use,
health care quality, school absenteeism, and costs for CYP with ongoing conditions. DATA …

Several studies have demonstrated clinical benefits of integrated care for a range of child
and adolescent mental health outcomes. However, there is a significant gap between the …

Introduction Efforts to move towards integrated care have been met with increased interest
and enthusiasm in recent years given the potential to improve care and population health …

For patients, commissioners, providers and regulators,'joining up'of pathways of care,
delivered through integrated service models, is an essential goal. It is refreshing, therefore …

Background Children with chronic health conditions have better health-related outcomes
when their care is managed in a personalised and coordinated way. However, increased …

To overcome fragmentation in support for children and their families with multiple and
enduring problems across life domains, professionals increasingly try to organize integrated …