Gröne, O; Garcia-Barbero, M; WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services; (2001) Integrated care: a position paper of the WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services. International journal of integrated care, 1. e21-. ISSN 1568-4156 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1277196
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Abstract
The WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services in Barcelona is an integral part of the World Health Organizations' Regional Office for Europe. The main purpose of the Barcelona office is within the integration of services to encourage and facilitate changes in health care services in order to promote health and improve management and patient satisfaction by working for quality, accessibility, cost-effectiveness and participation. This position paper outlines the need for Integrated Care from a European perspective, provides a theoretical framework for the meaning of Integrated Care and its strategies and summarizes the programmes of the office that will support countries in the WHO European Region to improve health services.
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Faculty and Department | Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Health Services Research and Policy |
PubMed ID | 16896400 |
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