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dc.contributor.authorConnor, M
dc.contributor.authorCooper, H
dc.contributor.authorMcMurray, A
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-14T04:39:43Z
dc.date.available2017-08-14T04:39:43Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1568-4156
dc.identifier.doi10.5334/ijic.2233
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/142932
dc.description.abstractThis article outlines the development of the Australian Gold Coast Integrated Care Model based on the elements identified in contemporary research literature as essential for successful integration of care between primary care, and acute hospital services. The objectives of the model are to proactively manage high risk patients with complex and chronic conditions in collaboration with General Practitioners to ultimately reduce presentations to the health service emergency department, improve the capacity of specialist outpatients, and decrease planned and unplanned admission rates. Central to the model is a shared care record which is maintained and accessed by staff in the Coordination Centre. We provide a process map outlining the care protocols from initial assessment to care of the patient presenting for emergency care. The model is being evaluated over a pilot three year proof of concept phase to determine economic and process perspectives. If found to be cost-effective, acceptable to patients and professionals and as good as or better than usual care in terms of outcomes, the strategic intent is to scale the programme beyond the local health service.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUtrecht University Library Open Access Journals
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto8
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Integrated Care
dc.relation.ispartofvolume16
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.titleThe Gold Coast Integrated Care Model
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Medicine
gro.rights.copyright© 2016 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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gro.griffith.authorMcMurray, Anne M.


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