Background Healthcare systems around the world have been responding to the demand for
better integrated models of service delivery. However, there is a need for further clarity …

Policy Points Integrated care is best understood as an emergent set of practices intrinsically
shaped by contextual factors, and not as a single intervention to achieve predetermined …

Background Case management (CM) is widely utilized to improve health outcomes of
cancer patients, enhance their experience of health care, and reduce the cost of care. While …

Background The rise of multi-morbidity constitutes a serious challenge in health and social
care organisation that requires a shift from disease-towards person-centred integrated care …

Objective To summarise the evidence regarding the effectiveness of integrated care
interventions in reducing hospital activity. Design Umbrella review of systematic reviews and …

Background In order to provide adequate care for the growing group of persons with multi-
morbidity, innovative integrated care programmes are appearing. The aims of the current …

Objective To quantify the association between patient self-management capability measured
using the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) and healthcare utilisation across a whole health …

Objective: Behavioral and physical health services are increasingly being integrated, with
care provided by interprofessional teams of physicians, nurses, social workers, and other …

PURPOSE Case management (CM) interventions are effective for frequent users of health
care services, but little is known about which intervention characteristics lead to positive …

Background older adults are frequent users of emergency services and demonstrate high
rates of adverse outcomes following emergency care. Objective to perform a systematic …