Integrated health care delivery / Leonie A. Klein and Emily L. Neumann, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Klein, Leonie A.

Neumann, Emily L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Continuum of care.

Long-term care of the sick.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an integrated health network, various types of organisations are connected along a continuum of care through horizontal and vertical integration. This text provides leading-edge issues on this field from around the globe.

Contents:

""INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE DELIVERY""; ""NOTICE TO THE READER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE LIMITATIONS OF THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES, AND A PROGRAM RESPONSE TO THE COMPLEX ISSUES OF MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CONFRONTED WITH MULTIPLE, CHRONIC CONDITIONS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""LITERATURE REVIEW""; ""THE INTERGRATED HEALTH ADVOCACY PROGRAM""; ""The Primary Advocate""; ""The Psychosocial Advocate""; ""The Medical Advocate""; ""The Advocacy Team""; ""The IHAP Participants""; ""Materials""; ""DESCRIPTIVE AND STATISTICAL RESULTS""

""Descriptives""""Statistical Results""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""A COMPARISON OF INTEGRATED DUAL DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS ON FIDELITY AND CLIENT OUTCOMES AT 1- AND 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UPS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""METHOD""; ""RESULTS""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""OPERATING ROOM COSTS AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN LUMBAR FUSION WITH INSTRUMENTATION PROCEDURES: INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEM IS IMPLICATED""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MATERIALS AND METHODS""; ""Sample and Data Sources""; ""Statistical Analysis""

""RESULTS""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""SOCIAL CAPITAL AND PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: MANAGEMENT IMPLICATION IN INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE NETWORKS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTEGRATED HEALTH NETWORKS""; ""MANAGERIAL ISSUES FOR HEALTH CARE NETWORK MANAGEMENT""; ""WHAT WE FOCUS ON ARE SOCIAL CAPITALS: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF INTEGRATED HEALTH NETWORKS""; ""EXAMPLE OF TAIWAN'S PRIMARY COMMUNITY CARE NETWORK (PCCN) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASURES OF SOCIAL CAPITAL""; ""Unique Characteristics in Taiwan�s Healthcare Industry""

""Backgrounds of the Health Reform for PCCN's in Taiwan""""Structures and Responsibilities for PCCN's in Taiwan""; ""Conceptualization and Measures of Social Capital: Partner Relationships among PCCN Members""; ""IMPLICATION AND FUTURES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INTEGRATED CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. INTEGRATED CARE""; ""1.1. Principles of Integrated Care""; ""1.2. Components of Integrated Care Programmes""; ""1.3. Effectiveness of Integrated Care Programmes""; ""2. HOW TO MEASURE INTEGRATED CARE?""

""2.1. Indicators: Typology, Development and Practice Test Typology""""2.2. Measuring Principles of Integrated""; ""3. HOW TO IMPROVE INTEGRATED CARE?""; ""3.1. Multi-component Improvement Programme""; ""3.2. The tandem-model for integrated care""; ""4. CONCLUSION""; ""4.1. Key Messages""; ""4.2. Implications for Practice and Research""; ""REFERENCES""; ""A CASE MANAGER MODEL FOR INTEGRATIVE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY: ORCHESTRATING DELIVERY WITH AN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM""; ""ABSTRACT""

""I. BACKGROUND THE CASE MANAGER, COMPLEXITY, AND NEW ASPECTS TO THE INTEGRATIVE HEALTHCARE PARADIGM""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60876-302-1

OCLC:

844348620