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ArticleHealth research policy and systems2023

Integrating case management for patients with complex needs in the ground practice: the importance of context in evaluative designs.

Catherine Hudon, Rodger Kessler

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Article in Health research policy and systems, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Catherine HudonDepartment of Family and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Pavillon Z7-local 3007, 3001, 12eAvenue Nord, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 5N4, Canada. Catherine.Hudon@usherbrooke.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6140-9916
Rodger KesslerDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medecine, Aurora, CO, United States of America.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Responding to complex needs calls for integrating care across providers, settings and sectors. Among models to improve integrated care, case management demonstrates a good evidence base of facilitating the appropriate delivery of healthcare services. Since case management is a complex, multi component intervention, with its component parts interacting in a non-linear manner, effectiveness is largely influenced by the context in which the intervention is implemented. This paper discusses how to respond to implementation challenges to evaluating complex interventions for patients with complex needs. Building on the example of case management, we suggest that documenting innovation effectiveness remains important, but that evaluation needs to include theory-based and systems perspectives. We also suggest that implementation science needs to be part of intervention design while engaging stakeholders to define the most relevant research questions and implementation effectiveness, to optimize successful implementation and sustainability.

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Case ManagementDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedHumansImplementation ScienceCase managementComplex interventionsImplementation scienceIntegrated care

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PMID36694260
PMCPMC9873218

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