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      Combating health care fragmentation through integrated health service delivery networks in the Americas: lessons learned

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          Reforming the health sector in developing countries: the central role of policy analysis

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            Integralidade da atenção e integração de serviços de saúde: desafios para avaliar a implantação de um "sistema sem muros"

            Neste texto, partimos do pressuposto de que a integralidade da atenção é um eixo prioritário da investigação e avaliação dos serviços e sistemas de saúde, estruturados como redes assistenciais interorganizacionais que articulam dimensões clínicas, funcionais, normativas e sistêmicas em sua operacionalização, reconhecendo que nenhuma organização reúne a totalidade dos recursos e competências necessárias para a solução dos problemas de saúde de uma população, em seus diversos ciclos de vida. Em virtude da complexidade desse "sistema sem muros", que elimina as barreiras de acesso entre os diversos níveis de atenção, em resposta às necessidades de saúde nos âmbitos local e regional, julgamos oportuno compartilhar algumas "lições preliminares" aprendidas em experiências pessoais e na literatura sobre a integração de serviços, que nos parecem de interesse comum aos pesquisadores e gestores comprometidos com a sua implantação.
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              Continuity of care in general practice: effect on patient satisfaction.

              To evaluate the influence of continuity of care on patient satisfaction with consultations. Direct and episodic specific evaluation of patient satisfaction with recent consultation. A representative sample of 3918 Norwegian primary care patients were asked to evaluate their consultations by filling in a questionnaire. The response rate was 78%. The patient's overall satisfaction with the consultation was rated on a six point scale. Continuity of care was recorded as the duration and intensity of the present patient-doctor relationship and as patients' perception of the present doctor being their personal doctor or not. The multivariate analysis indicated that an overall personal patient-doctor relationship increased the odds of the patient being satisfied with the consultation sevenfold (95% confidence interval 4.9 to 9.9) as compared with consultations where no such relationships existed. The duration of the patient-doctor relationship had a weak but significant association with patient satisfaction, while the intensity of contacts showed no such association. Personal, continuous care is linked with patient satisfaction. If patient satisfaction is accepted as an integral part of quality health care, reinforcing personal care may be one way of increasing this quality.
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                Journal
                Journal of Integrated Care
                Journal of Integrated Care
                Emerald
                1476-9018
                October 10 2011
                October 10 2011
                : 19
                : 5
                : 5-16
                Article
                10.1108/14769011111176707
                ea84a29c-1f4b-4955-a919-1761c33d846e
                © 2011

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