International Journal of Integrated Care (Oct 2020)
Can Integrated Care Help in Meeting the Challenges Posed on Our Health Care Systems by COVID-19? Some Preliminary Lessons Learned from the European VIGOUR Project
- Sonja Lindner,
- Lutz Kubitschke,
- Christos Lionis,
- Marilena Anastasaki,
- Ursula Kirchmayer,
- Simona Giacomini,
- Vincenzo De Luca,
- Guido Iaccarino,
- Maddalena Illario,
- Antonio Maddalena,
- Antonio Maritati,
- Diego Conforti,
- Isabella Roba,
- Daniele Musian,
- Antonio Cano,
- Monica Granell,
- Ana M. Carriazo,
- Carmen M. Lama,
- Susana Rodríguez,
- Agnieszka Guligowska,
- Tomasz Kostka,
- Annemieke Konijnendijk,
- Maria Vitullo,
- Alejandro García-Rudolph,
- Javier Solana Sánchez,
- Marcello Maggio,
- Giuseppe Liotta,
- Chariklia Tziraki,
- Regina Roller-Wirnsberger,
- on behalf of the VIGOUR consortium
Affiliations
- Sonja Lindner
- Medical University of Graz, Department of Internal Medicine, Graz
- Lutz Kubitschke
- Empirica GmbH, Bonn
- Christos Lionis
- Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete
- Marilena Anastasaki
- Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete
- Ursula Kirchmayer
- Department of Epidemiology ASL Roma 1, Lazio Regional Health Service
- Simona Giacomini
- ASL Viterbo, Lazio Regional Health Service
- Vincenzo De Luca
- Research and Development Unit, Federico II University Hospital, Naples
- Guido Iaccarino
- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University and Hospital, Naples
- Maddalena Illario
- Campania Region Health Innovation Unit, and Federico II University Department of Public Health, Naples
- Antonio Maddalena
- Local Health Agency Naples 1 Department for Home Care Services, Naples
- Antonio Maritati
- ProMIS Coordination, Health Committee and Social & Health Relations Organization Unit Social and Health Area, Veneto Region
- Diego Conforti
- Department of Health and Social Policies, Autonomous Province of Trento
- Isabella Roba
- ALISA Liguria Region, Genoa
- Daniele Musian
- ALISA Liguria Region, Genoa
- Antonio Cano
- Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology – INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia
- Monica Granell
- Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Valencia, Valencia
- Ana M. Carriazo
- Regional Ministry of Health and Families of Andalusia, Seville
- Carmen M. Lama
- Regional Ministry of Health and Families of Andalusia, Seville
- Susana Rodríguez
- Regional Ministry of Health and Families of Andalusia, Seville
- Agnieszka Guligowska
- Department of Geriatrics, Healthy Ageing Research Centre, Medical University of Lodz
- Tomasz Kostka
- Department of Geriatrics, Healthy Ageing Research Centre, Medical University of Lodz
- Annemieke Konijnendijk
- University of Twente, Department of Biomedical Signals and Systems, Enschede
- Maria Vitullo
- Santobono-Pausilipon Hospital, Naples
- Alejandro García-Rudolph
- Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, Barcelona; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès); Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona
- Javier Solana Sánchez
- Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, Barcelona; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès); Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona
- Marcello Maggio
- University of Parma, Department of Medicine and Surgery
- Giuseppe Liotta
- University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Rome
- Chariklia Tziraki
- Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete
- Regina Roller-Wirnsberger
- Medical University of Graz, Department of Internal Medicine, Graz
- on behalf of the VIGOUR consortium
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5596
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 20,
no. 4
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic puts health and care systems under pressure globally. This current paper highlights challenges arising in the care for older and vulnerable populations in this context and reflects upon possible perspectives for different systems making use of nested integrated care approaches adapted during the work of the EU-funded project VIGOUR (“Evidence based Guidance to Scale-up Integrated Care in Europe”, funded by the European Union’s Health Programme 2014–2020 under Grant Agreement Number 826640).
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