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Evaluation of the Implementation of Integrated Primary Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension in Belgium, Cambodia, and Slovenia Cover

Evaluation of the Implementation of Integrated Primary Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension in Belgium, Cambodia, and Slovenia

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|Jun 2024

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Table 1

Overview of the contextualised data collection and analysis.

SLOVENIABELGIUMCAMBODIA
Unit of samplingFamily medicine teamPrimary Care PracticeHealth centre (HC) or referral hospital (RH)
Units sampled, purposive selection criteria10 units
Regions:
- 1 urban regions (n = 8)
- 2 rural regions (n = 2)
66 units
Organisational types:
-monodisciplinary fee-for-service (n = 30)
-multidisciplinary fee-for-service (n = 19)
-Multidisciplinary, capitation (n = 17)
20 units, 15 HC and 5 RF
Organisational types:
-hospital-based care
-health center-based care
-community-based care
Units in each operational district (OD): 3 HCs and 1 RH
Respondents in health care organisationsfamily physicians, practice nurses, registered nurses (working in health centre/health education centre /community)family physicians, primary care nurses, dieticiansphysicians, nurses, mid-wives, community health workers
ICP assessment grid analysisfor every unit, one score for each ICP element, calculated as mean of the corresponding items
Summative scores per region or practice type (Belgium)means of scores of the selected unitsScore for OD for T2D or HT = (mean (3 HC) + RH)/2
Total score for OD = (score for T2D + score for HT)/2
Summative scores per countrymeans of scores of the regionsNANA
Table 2

Implementation of integrated care for patients with T2D and/or HT in Slovenia.

E1 – IDENTIFICATIONE2 – TREATMENTE3 – HEALTH EDUCATIONE4 – SELF-MANAGEMENT SUPPORTE5 – STRUCTURED COLLABORATIONE6 – ORGANIZATION OF CARETOTAL SCORE
T2D (range†)4.9
(4.8–5.0)
3.9
(3.5–4.3)
4.2
(3.8–5.0)
2.9
(2.4–3.6)
3.1
(2.4–3.6)
3.8
(3.6–4.0)
HT (range†)4.9
(4.8–5.0)
4.1
(3.9–4.3)
4.2
(3.3–5.0)
2.5
(2.0–3.3)
3.1
(2.4–3.6)
3.8
(3.5–4.0)
Total (range†)4.9
(4.8–5.0)
4.0
(3.7–4.1)
4.2
(3.5–5.0)
2.6
(2.2–3.1)
3.1
(2.4–3.6)
3.6
(2.8–4.2)
3.7
(3.6–3.9)

[i] † Range according to all family medicine teams (from urban and rural regions).

Table 3

Implementation of integrated care for patients with T2D and/or HT in Belgium.

E1 – IDENTIFICATIONE2 – TREATMENTE3 – HEALTH EDUCATIONE4 – SELF-MANAGEMENT SUPPORTE5 – STRUCTURED COLLABORATIONE6 – ORGANIZATION OF CARETOTAL SCORE
Monodisciplinary (mean and range)4.3
(3.3–4.8)
3.6
(3.0–5.0)
0.0
(0.0–0.0)
1.8
(0.8–2.8)
2.2
(1.0–3.4)
1.3
(0.7–3.5)
2.3
(1.6–2.9)
Multidisciplinary fee-for-service(mean and range)4.3
(4.0–5.0)
3.7
(3.1–4.3)
1.5
(0.0–3.5)
2.3
(1.1–3.3)
2.4
(1.2–4.0)
2.3
(0.7–4.3)
2.8
(2.2–3.3)
Multidisciplinary capitation (mean and range)4.4
(4.0–5.0)
3.9
(3.1–4.3)
2.5
(0–3.50)
2.6
(1.1–3.3)
3.4
(1.2–4.0)
3.5
(2.3–4.3)
3.3
(2.8–3.9)
Table 4

Implementation of integrated care for patients with T2D and/or HT in Cambodia.

OD (PROVINCE)ORGANISATIONAL TYPEDISEASEE1 – IDENTIFICATIONE2 – TREATMENT (WITH RH AS TREATMENT REFERRAL)E3 – HEALTH EDUCATIONE4 – SELF-MANAGEMENTE5 – STRUCTURED COLLABORATIONE6 – ORGANIZATION OF CARETOTAL
OD Daunkeo (Takeo Province)(a), (b), (c)T2D2.92.22.02.01.82.32.4
HT4.42.62.02.21.8
Total3.72.42.02.11.8
OD Kong Pisei (Kampong Speu Province)(c)T2D1.61.60.81.72.32.82.1
HT4.32.11.12.22.4
Total3.01.91.01.92.3
OD Sort Nikum (Siem Reap Province)(a), (b)T2D2.51.81.51.51.22.22.0
HT4.12.41.41.91.3
Total3.32.11.41.71.3
OD Pearaing (Prey Veng Province)(a), (b)T2D2.42.11.31.51.32.02.0
HT4.12.41.62.01.4
Total3.32.31.41.81.3
OD Samrong (Oddormeanchey Province)(a)T2D2.01.91.01.51.12.31.9
HT4.02.51.61.91.3
Total3.02.21.31.71.2

[i] (a) Hospital-based care.

(b) Health center-based care.

(c) Community-based care.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7664 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Submitted on: May 11, 2023
Accepted on: Jun 10, 2024
Published on: Jun 28, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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