Table 2 Key characteristics of integrated primary health care (adapted from Valentijn et al. [13])
Dimensions | Characteristics |
|---|---|
Scope of care | |
Person-focused care | 1. Centrality of client needs |
Population based care | 2. Centrality of population needs |
Dimensions and level of system | |
Clinical integration (micro) | 3. Case management |
4. Continuity | |
5. Interaction between professional and client | |
6. Individual multidisciplinary care plan | |
Service/Professional integration (meso) | 7. Inter-professional education |
8. Agreements on interdisciplinary collaboration | |
9. Value creation for the professional | |
Organisational integration (meso) | 10. Inter-organisational governance |
11. Inter-organisational strategy | |
12. Trust | |
System integration (macro) | 13. Alignment of regulatory frameworks |
14. Environmental climate | |
Enablers of integration | |
Functional integration | 15. Learning organisations |
16. Information management | |
17. Regular feedback of performance indicators | |
Normative integration | 18. Shared vision |
19. Reliable behaviour | |
20. Visionary leadership | |
21. Linking cultures | |