20.500.12556/DKUM-90238 Implementation of integrated primary care for patients with diabetes and hypertension a case from Slovenia Introduction: Research on models of integrated health care for hypertension and diabetes is one of the priority issues in the world. There is a lack of knowledge about how integrated care is implemented in practice. Our study assessed its implementation in six areas: identification of patients, treatment, health education, self-management support, structured collaboration and organisation of care. Methods: This was a mixed methods study based on a triangulation method using quantitative and qualitative data. It took place in different types of primary health care organisations, in one urban and two rural regions of Slovenia. The main instrument for data collection was the Integrated Care Package (ICP) Grid, assessed through four methods: 1) a document analysis (of a current health policy and available protocols; 2) observation of the infrastructure of health centres, organisation of work, patient flow, interaction of patients with health professionals; 3) interview with key informants and 4) review of medical documentation of selected patients. Results: The implementation of the integrated care in Slovenia was assessed with the overall ICP score of 3.7 points (out of 5 possible points). The element Identification was almost fully implemented, while the element Self-management support was weakly implemented. Discussion: The implementation of the integrated care of patients with diabetes and/ or hypertension in Slovenian primary health care organisations achieved high levels of implementation. However, some week points were identified. Conclusion: Integrated care of the chronic patients in Slovenia is already provided at high levels, but the area of self-management support could be improved. delivery of health care integrated primary care self-care izvajanje zdravstvenega varstva osnovna nega samooskrba true false true Igitur Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2024-08-27 09:34:44 2024-08-27 09:53:20 2024-08-28 03:19:35 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Str. 1-10 Št. 3, št. članka 15 Letn. 21 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2020-11-06 2021-09-20 2021-09-28 614.2 80901379 10.5334/ijic.5637 1568-4156 Klemenc-Ketis-2021-Implementation_of_Integrate.pdf Klemenc-Ketis-2021-Implementation_of_Integrate.pdf 1 AABFCDDFDF9CAF57D9824313551480B4 a69fc9db715b636fb1803cc5e1e817ca395aa8a0f7d5db583384722c465055a2 98288d3d-6448-11ef-af0b-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=183428 https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5637 0 da57c8c9-6446-11ef-af0b-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=183426 Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0