Integrated care

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Abstract

The WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services in Barcelona is an integral part of the World Health Organizations' Regional Office for Europe. The main purpose of the Barcelona office is within the integration of services to encourage and facilitate changes in health care services in order to promote health and improve management and patient satisfaction by working for quality, accessibility, cost-effectiveness and participation. This position paper outlines the need for Integrated Care from a European perspective, provides a theoretical framework for the meaning of Integrated Care and its strategies and summarizes the programmes of the office that will support countries in the WHO European Region to improve health services.

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: Role: Public Health, Research Assistant, Head of the Office,

WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services

WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services, Barcelona

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Int J Integr Care

Journal ID (publisher-id): IJIC

Title: International Journal of Integrated Care

Publisher: Igitur, Utrecht Publishing & Archiving (Utrecht, The Netherlands )

ISSN (Electronic): 1568-4156

Publication date Collection: Apr-Jun 2001

Publication date (Electronic): 1 June 2001

Volume: 1

Electronic Location Identifier: e21

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WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services

WHO European Office for Integrated Health Care Services, Barcelona

Article

Publisher ID: ijic200121

DOI: 10.5334/ijic.28

PMC ID: 1525335

PubMed ID: 16896400

SO-VID: 08e5bd3f-cdc0-41c9-b5c8-a78be4e1c6f4

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