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“I Could Stop and Breathe”: Early Implementation Results of a Short-Term Care Coordination Model for Children with Medical Complexity Cover

“I Could Stop and Breathe”: Early Implementation Results of a Short-Term Care Coordination Model for Children with Medical Complexity

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 25 (2025): Issue 1
By: Stephanie Hodgson,  Ashleigh Griffiths,  Christophe Lecathelinais and  Camilla Askie  
Open Access
|Mar 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.8975 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 16, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 13, 2025
Published on: Mar 26, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
integrated care,
care coordination,
children with medical complexity,
healthcare innovation,
health outcomes,
co-design

© 2025 Stephanie Hodgson, Ashleigh Griffiths, Christophe Lecathelinais, Camilla Askie, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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