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ArticleInternational journal of integrated care

Interventions to Improve Clinical Coordination between Levels: Participatory Experience in a Public Healthcare Network in Xalapa, Mexico.

Julieta López-Vázquez, Damián-Eduardo Pérez-Martínez, Ingrid Vargas, María-Luisa Vázquez

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Julieta López-VázquezInstituto de Salud Pública, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. Dr. Luis Castelazo Ayala s/n. Col. Industrial Ánimas, 91190 Xalapa, Veracruz, México.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1018-0386
Damián-Eduardo Pérez-MartínezInstituto de Salud Pública, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. Dr. Luis Castelazo Ayala s/n. Col. Industrial Ánimas, 91190 Xalapa, Veracruz, México.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8217-0761
Ingrid VargasHealth Policy and Health Services Research Group, Health Policy Research Unit, Consortium for Health Care and Social Services of Catalonia, Avinguda Tibidabo 21, 08022 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1778-2411
María-Luisa VázquezHealth Policy and Health Services Research Group, Health Policy Research Unit, Consortium for Health Care and Social Services of Catalonia, Avinguda Tibidabo 21, 08022 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6091-8193

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Abstract

introductionCoordination of care can be improved through an intervention or a combination of several ones. In addition, it is recommended to encourage the active involvement of professionals in the design, implementation and assessment of coordination mechanisms.

objectiveTo analyse the factors that influence the implementation of participatively designed interventions and their effects on clinical coordination between levels of care in a public healthcare network of health services in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.

methodsA qualitative, descriptive-interpretative study, for which individual interviews and discussion groups with a criterion sample of participants: Local Steering Committee and the Professional Platform. A content analysis, with mixed category generation and segmentation by intervention and topics, was carried out. According to the problem analysis, participants designed two sequential interventions: offline virtual consultation, and joint training meetings on maternal health and chronic diseases.

resultsRespondents perceived a differentiated impact on clinical coordination according to intervention: greater in the case of joint maternal health trainings and limited for the chronic diseases meetings, as they were the offline virtual consultation was rarely used.

conclusionThe involvement of professionals in designing the interventions, as well as institutional support and reflexive methods for training, all decisively improved clinical coordination between levels.

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care coordinationcare integrationhealth services researchparticipatory action researchqualitative evaluation

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PMID34785996
PMCPMC8570199

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