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Title Handbook integrated care / Volker Amelung [and five others], editors
Edition Second edition
Published Cham : Springer, [2021]
©2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Contents Part I: Foundations of Integrated Care -- Part II: Management of Integrated Care -- Part III: Tools and Instruments -- Part IV: Evaluation and Health Services Research -- Part V: Selected Client Groups -- Part VI: Case Studies
Summary This handbook shares profound insights into the main principles and concepts of integrated care. It offers a multi-disciplinary perspective with a focus on patient orientation, efficiency, and quality by applying widely recognized management approaches to the field of healthcare. The handbook also highlights international best practices and shows how integrated care can work in various health systems. In the majority of health systems around the world, the delivery of healthcare and social care is characterised by fragmentation and complexity. Consequently, much of the recent international discussion in the fields of health policy and health management has focused on the topic of integrated care. "Integrated" acknowledges the complexity of patients needs and aims to meet them by taking into account both health and social care aspects. Changing and improving processes in a coordinated way is at the heart of this approach. The second edition offers new chapters on people-centredness, complexity theories and evaluation methods, additional management tools and a wealth of experiences from different countries and localities. It is essential reading both for health policymakers seeking inspiration for legislation and for practitioners involved in the management of public health services who want to learn from good practice
Notes Print version record
Subject Integrated delivery of health care.
Social work administration.
Medical care.
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Patient Care
Integrated delivery of health care
Medical care
Social work administration
Form Electronic book
Author Amelung, Volker Eric, 1965- editor.
ISBN 9783030692612
3030692612
9783030692629
3030692620