Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 19 Issue 5

Combating health care fragmentation through integrated health service delivery networks in the Americas: lessons learned

Hernán Montenegro, Reynaldo Holder, Caroline Ramagem, Soledad Urrutia, Ricardo Fabrega, Renato Tasca, Gerardo Alfaro, Osvaldo Salgado, Maria Angelica Gomes

This paper aims to: analyze the challenge of health services fragmentation; present the attributes of integrated health service delivery networks (IHSDNs); review lessons learned…

Big society: a concept in pursuit of a definition

Bob Hudson

The purpose of this paper is to examine the conceptual and policy underpinnings of the UK Government's “Big Society” programme.

Integrated care legal review Implications for integrated care of the Law Commission's review of adult social care law

Ed Mitchell

In May 2011, the Law Commission proposed wide‐ranging reform to adult social care law for England and Wales. This paper aims to identify and analyse the implications for…

Multi‐agency transition services: greater collaboration needed to meet the priorities of young disabled people with complex needs as they move into adulthood

Susan Clarke, Patricia Sloper, Nicola Moran, Linda Cusworth, Anita Franklin, Jennifer Beecham

Drawing on a wider study about the effectiveness and costs of different models of multi‐agency transition services, this paper aims to present new evidence on the ways in which…

Will integration help systems deal with health care reform effectively?

Sasha Karakusevic

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact of demographic pressures on health and social care services and provide readers with a simple way of assessing their impact on…

Whole system care and social inclusion of people with sight loss: implications of key research for policy and service development

John Percival

This paper seeks to provide a distillation of key research on the health and social care needs arising in the lives of people with sight loss and aims to inform the development of…

Celebrate 20 years of this journal

Peter Thistlethwaite