Reference

Description of Integrated Care

Perspective

[45]

“…the ability to encourage more holistic and personal approaches to multidimensional health needs.”

Professional perspective

[27]

“…a step in the process of health systems and health care delivery becoming more complete and comprehensive.”

Holistic process perspective

[46]

“…bringing together of inputs, delivery, management and organisation of services as a means [of] improving access, quality, user satisfaction and efficiency.”

Governance perspective

[47]

“…a coherent set of products and services, delivered by collaborating local and regional health care agencies to multi-problem patients.”

Client-centred organisational perspective