Values Underpinning Integrated, People-Centred Health Services: Similarities and Differences among Actor Groups Across Europe.

Autor: Zonneveld N; Tilburg University, Department of Organization Studies, Warandelaan 2, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands.; Vilans, National Centre of Expertise in Long Term Care, Utrecht, PO Box 8228, Churchilllaan 11, 3503 RE Utrecht, The Netherlands., Glimmerveen L; Vrije Universiteit, Department of Organization Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Kenis P; Tilburg University, Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM), Tilburg, The Netherlands., Toro Polanco N; WHO, Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland., Johansen AS; WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark., Minkman MMN; Vilans, National Centre of Expertise in Long Term Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands.; TIAS School for Business and Society (TiU), Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of integrated care [Int J Integr Care] 2022 Aug 08; Vol. 22 (3), pp. 6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 08 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.6015
Abstrakt: Introduction: In addition to the functional aspects of healthcare integration, an understanding of its normative aspects is needed. This study explores the importance of values underpinning integrated, people-centred health services, and examines similarities and differences among the values prioritised by actors across Europe.
Methods: Explorative cross-sectional design with quantitative analysis. A questionnaire of 18 values was conducted across Europe. A total of 1,013 respondents indicated the importance of each of the values on a nine-point scale and selected three most important values. Respondents were clustered in four actor groups, and countries in four European sub-regions.
Results: The importance scores of values ranged from 7.62 to 8.55 on a nine-point scale. Statistically significant differences among actor groups were found for ten values. Statistically significant differences across European sub-regions were found for six values. Our analysis revealed two clusters of values: 'people related' and 'governance and organisation'.
Discussion and Conclusion: The study found that all 18 values in the set are considered important by the respondents. Additionally, it revealed distinctions in emphasis among the values prioritised by actor groups and across sub-regions. The study uncovered two clusters of values that contribute to a conceptually based definition of integrated, people-centred health services.
Competing Interests: The authors have no competing interests to declare.
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Databáze: MEDLINE