Rainbow of Chaos: A study into the Theory and Practice of Integrated Primary Care

Abstract

This thesis aimed to contribute to a better understanding of what integrated primary care is, and how it can be achieved by focussing on the collaboration processes that underlie the development of integrated primary care. The first part of this thesis operationalized the concept of integrated care from a primary care perspective. The second part of this thesis described the collaboration mechanisms among integrated care projects that were part of a national integrated primary care study in The Netherlands.

Keywords

• Integrated care, Primary care, Care coordination, Organization models, Continuity of care, Multidisciplinary care, Collaboration