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Table 1 Fulop et al.’s six necessary dimensions for effective integration

From: Experiencing integration: a qualitative pilot study of consumer and provider experiences of integrated primary health care in Australia

Necessary dimensions for effective integrationa

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Organisational integration

How the organisation is formally structured

Functional integration

How the non-clinical support and back-office processes are integrated

Service integration

How the clinical services are integrated

Clinical integration

How clinical team level care pathways are organised

Normative integration

The role of shared values

Systemic integration

The coherence of policies across organisational levels.

  1. aAdapted from Fulop et al. [12]