Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, UK.
Int J Health Policy Manag. 2017 Jan 1;6(1):1-3. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.111.
There is an increasing policy emphasis on the integration of care, both within the healthcare sector and also between the health and social care sectors, with the simple aim of ensuring that individuals get the right care, in the right place, at the right time. However, implementing this simple aim is rather more complex. In this editorial, we seek to make sense of this complexity and ask: what does integrated care mean in practice? What are the mechanisms by which it is expected to achieve its aim? And what is the nature of the evidence base around the outcomes delivered?
政策越来越强调医疗保健领域内部以及医疗保健和社会保健部门之间的护理整合，其宗旨非常简单，就是确保个人在适当的时间在适当的地点获得适当的护理。然而，要实现这一简单目标却要复杂得多。在本社论中，我们试图理解这种复杂性，并提出以下问题：在实践中，综合护理意味着什么？预期通过哪些机制来实现其目标？以及围绕所交付结果的证据基础的性质是什么？
