TY - JOUR
AU - L. Mundy
AU - K. Hewson
A1 - 
AB - Health policy-makers are faced with a demand for health care that exceeds supply, driven in part by an ageing population and an increased prevalence of chronic disease. An integrated 'people-centred' model of care across primary, secondary and tertiary health care can strengthen the health system by streamlining services to improve the patient journey and outcomes. Integrated care offers an opportunity to reduce admissions and re-admissions to hospitals, reduce presentations to emergency departments and improve the capacity of outpatient clinics while delivering better outcomes to patients. Queensland's $35 million Integrated Care Innovation Fund (ICIF) has provided seed funding to 24 projects covering a wide spectrum of chronic disease management and complex disease. Programs such as the ICIF offer an opportunity to provide a new approach to caring for vulnerable populations such as the frail and elderly; children with behavioural and developmental issues; children in out-of-home care; rural and remote populations; and people with mental health issues, whose care runs the risk of 'falling through the cracks' with conventional healthcare approaches.
AD - School of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building, Corner of North Terrace and George Street, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; and Corresponding author. Email: linda.mundy@adelaide.edu.au.; Genetic Health Queensland, Critical Care and Clinical Support Services, Metro-North Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Department of Health, Level 14, Block 7, Herston, Qld 4006, Australia.
BT - Australian journal of primary health
C5 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparities
CP - 4
CY - Australia
DO - 10.1071/PY18161
IS - 4
JF - Australian journal of primary health
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - Health policy-makers are faced with a demand for health care that exceeds supply, driven in part by an ageing population and an increased prevalence of chronic disease. An integrated 'people-centred' model of care across primary, secondary and tertiary health care can strengthen the health system by streamlining services to improve the patient journey and outcomes. Integrated care offers an opportunity to reduce admissions and re-admissions to hospitals, reduce presentations to emergency departments and improve the capacity of outpatient clinics while delivering better outcomes to patients. Queensland's $35 million Integrated Care Innovation Fund (ICIF) has provided seed funding to 24 projects covering a wide spectrum of chronic disease management and complex disease. Programs such as the ICIF offer an opportunity to provide a new approach to caring for vulnerable populations such as the frail and elderly; children with behavioural and developmental issues; children in out-of-home care; rural and remote populations; and people with mental health issues, whose care runs the risk of 'falling through the cracks' with conventional healthcare approaches.
PP - Australia
PY - 2019
SN - 1836-7399; 1448-7527
SP - 303
EP - 309
EP - 
T1 - Thinking outside the system: the integrated care experience in Queensland, Australia
T2 - Australian journal of primary health
TI - Thinking outside the system: the integrated care experience in Queensland, Australia
U1 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 31439125
U3 - 10.1071/PY18161
VL - 25
VO - 1836-7399; 1448-7527
Y1 - 2019
Y2 - Oct
ER -