Using the Project Integrate Framework for assessing progress towards care integration: results from a formative evaluation of a complex intervention in Central Coast Local Health District, NSW Australia

Hazel Dalton,Michael Bishop,Sarah Bradfield,Angela Booth,Donna Read,Anne Hendry,David Perkins,Sarah Wilcox,Kate Davies,Tonelle Handley,Peter Lewis,Nick Goodwin,Rachel Sheather-Reid

doi:10.5334/ijic.s2182

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The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)

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1: University of Newcastle, Australia; 2: International Foundation for Integrated Care, United Kingdom; 3: Central Coast Local Health District, NSW, Australia; Background: The Central Coast Integrated Care Program CCICP is one of three integrated care demonstrator projects within NSW Australia funded for three years to challenge existing service fragmentation within and between health and social care sectors
Key stakeholder interviews were mapped to the Project Integrate dimensions for additional perspective
Our research found the survey tool alone was inadequate to assess integrated care progress, with many answers reflecting uncertainty Neither Disagree nor Agree

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H et al 2018 Using the Project Integrate Framework for assessing progress towards care integration: results from a formative evaluation of a complex intervention in Central Coast Local Health District, NSW Australia. Using the Project Integrate Framework for assessing progress towards care integration: results from a formative evaluation of a complex intervention in Central Coast Local Health District, NSW Australia. 1: University of Newcastle, Australia; 2: International Foundation for Integrated Care, United Kingdom; 3: Central Coast Local Health District, NSW, Australia; Background: The Central Coast Integrated Care Program CCICP is one of three integrated care demonstrator projects within NSW Australia funded for three years to challenge existing service fragmentation within and between health and social care sectors. As part of the formative evaluation of the CCICP, the Project Integrate Framework was used to map integrated care progress. This Framework provides an evidence-based understanding of the key dimensions and items of integrated care associated with successful implementation

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