Working towards integrated community care for older people: Empowering organisational features from a professional perspective. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Janssen, Bienke M.; Snoeren, Miranda W.C.; Van Regenmortel, Tine; Abma, Tineke A.
• Is Part Of: Health policy. Volume 119:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 8
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Medical education -- Periodicals; Medical policy -- Periodicals; Delivery of Health Care -- Periodicals; Education, Medical -- Periodicals; Health Education -- Periodicals; Health Planning -- Periodicals; Public Policy -- Periodicals; Enseignement médical -- Périodiques; Politique sanitaire -- Périodiques; Medical education; Medical policy; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; 362.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.09.016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0168-8510

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Cooperation between professionals from different organisations is essential to achieve integrated care.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Intra-, inter- and extraorganisational features turn out to influence this cooperation process.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Mutual trust between professionals is a prerequisite for a good, enduring collaboration.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Multi-disciplinary team meetings contribute to a shared responsibility to achieve integrated care.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0025">Involving professionals in policy measures may improve the implementation of integrated care.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>