Improving the evaluation of integrated healthcare systems using entropy balancing.

Conclusion:Gesundes Kinzigtal had a favorable effect on the mortality and survival risk of the enrolled population at the time of assessment. Previous evaluation designs might overestimate this effect by excluding patients with greater healthcare needs. Consequently, our results suggest that health gains resulting from the integrated healthcare approach diminish for patients with high healthcare needs.Implications for applicability/transferability:Our work presents readers with a robust evaluation design to evaluate the effectiveness of integrated healthcare systems over population health outcomes. Furthermore, it provides useful insights for the discussion regarding the relationship between patient ’s healthcare needs and integrated healthcare health gains.  Published on 2022-11-04 00:00:00

Source: International Journal of Integrated Care - November 8, 2022 Category: Nursing Source Type: research