Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 31 Issue 1

Editorial: Why changes in primary care will affect integrated care

Axel Kaehne

Healthcare provider selection for elderly patients suffering from NCD's: an analysis with the combined approach of DEMATEL and AHP

Ankit Singh, Ajeya Jha, Shankar Purbey, Priya Ravi

Elderly patients suffering from non-communicable disease face a dilemma in the selection of healthcare providers. This study attempts to identify the key variables playing a…

Does a discharge to assess programme introduced in England meet the quadruple aim of service improvement?

Stuart Jeffery, Julie MacInnes, Lavinia Bertini, Susie Walker

This paper intends to examine and evaluate the implementation and delivery of a discharge to assess pathway based on the UK Department of Health and Social Care Hospital Discharge…

Crisis and mental health of working women: risk factors and integrated care interventions based on organizational, individual, and institutional partnership

Salima Hamouche

Crises can weigh heavily on individuals' mental health. COVID-19 is a crisis that has shaken humanity, plunging it into a great wave of fear, ambiguity and uncertainty, due to its…

“Unchaining the doctor from the desk”: deliberate team-based care in action

Caroline Robertson, Tabitha Jones, Philippa Southwell

As a model of integrated care (IC), deliberate team-based care (DTBC) can help address workforce shortages facing rural communities by improving the health and wellbeing of…

Interdependencies or integration? A qualitative evaluation of a national emergency department improvement programme

Katie Jones, Jaynie Y. Rance

In Wales (United Kingdom (UK)), a programme known as the emergency department quality and delivery framework (EDQDF) was launched in 2018 with the purpose of designing a framework…

A qualitative exploratory study of training requirements for general practitioners attending older people resident in care homes

Sarah Ruaux, Neil Chadborn

Older people who reside in care homes have varying access and quality of medical care; in the UK, this is provided by general practitioners (GPs). The authors aimed to explore the…

Perceptions towards integrated care through the narrative of practicing social workers and psychologists in PHC: a cross-case analysis

Nadezhda Ryapolova, Jerome T. Galea, Karah Y. Greene

In a collective effort to build a patient-centered and coordinated health care system, social workers and psychologists are being progressively introduced to primary health care…

Women living with HIV, diabetes and/or hypertension multi-morbidity in Uganda: a qualitative exploration of experiences accessing an integrated care service

Marie Claire Annette Van Hout, Flavia Zalwango, Mathias Akugizibwe, Moreen Namulundu Chaka, Charlotte Bigland, Josephine Birungi, Shabbar Jaffar, Max Bachmann, Jamie Murdoch

Women experience a triple burden of ill-health spanning non-communicable diseases (NCDs), reproductive and maternal health conditions and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in…