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Reorganising health and social care in Québec: a journey towards integrating care through mergers
- Source :
- London Journal of Primary Care
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2018.
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Abstract
- Context Two reforms (2014, 2015) characterised by the merger of public health care establishments profoundly shaped the current organisation of Quebec’s healthcare system. In 2015, 22 megastructures called Integrated Health and Social Services Centres/Integrated University Health and Social Services Centres (IHSSC/IUHSSC), were created and mandated to organise care delivery to their local populations. Objective To describe the service configuration of the 2015 healthcare system reforms, emphasising on how it shaped the organisation of primary health care (PHC) in Quebec. Results With the creation of IHSSCs/IUHSSCs, Quebec’s healthcare system passed from three to two levels of governance, leading to a centralisation of decision-making powers. Most health services are delivered by the new organisations, while most PHC is delivered by semi-private medical practices, mainly Family Medicine Groups (FMGs). The FMG model is the preferred strategy to develop interdisciplinary team-work and inter-organizational collaborations with other PHC services. Conclusion mechanisms through which centralised healthcare systems achieve community oriented integrated care (COIC) need to be properly understood in order to improve meaningful clinical outcomes. Mergers may not sufficiently achieve integration of services in all its dimensions. These reforms should be monitored and evaluated on their capacity to mobilise all providers as well as physicians to participate in COIC.
- Subjects :
- Centralisation
030503 health policy & services
Corporate governance
centralised governance
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Primary health care
Integrated care
Social Welfare
Articles
Public administration
Public health care
Service configuration
health system reforms
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Social care
030212 general & internal medicine
Business
0305 other medical science
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Details
- ISSN :
- 17571480 and 17571472
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- London Journal of Primary Care
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ab0054652d242daa36092ae8961c4789