| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| Evaluation of the implementation of PRISMA, a coordination-type integrated service delivery system for frail older people in Québec | | Author(s) | Réjean Hébert, Anne Veil, Michel Raîche |
| Corporate Author | PRISMA-Estrie Group |
| Journal title | Journal of Integrated Care, vol 16, issue 6, 2008 |
| Pages | pp 4-14 |
| Source | http://www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Health services ; Services ; Case work ; Management [care] ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Projects ; Evaluation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | PRISMA (Program of Research to Integrate Services for the Maintenance of Autonomy) is the only example of a coordinated type model to be developed and fully implemented with a process and outcome evaluation. The PRISMA model was implemented in three areas (urban, rural with or without a local hospital) in Quebec, Canada and an implementation evaluation was carried out using mixed (qualitative and quantitative) methods. Over four years, the implementation rates went from 22% to 79%. The perception of integration by managers and clinicians working in the various organisations of the network shows that most interactions are perceived as at the co-operation level, some getting the highest collaboration level. The perception of the efficacy of case managers was very high. Implementing such a model is feasible, and the decision to generalise it was made in Quebec. This model might be more appropriate for a universal publicly funded health care system like those in Canada, the UK and the Scandinavian countries. This study was presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco in November 2007. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090408201 A |
| Classmark | L: I: IGA: QA: QAJ: QK6: 3E: 4C: 7S |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|