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Table 1 Characteristics of participating integrated care services

From: The implementation of integrated care: the empirical validation of the Development Model for Integrated Care

Characteristic

Stroke n = 32

AMI n = 9

Dementia n = 43

Average start year (min - max)

2001 (1996-2005)

2003 (1998-2004)

2007 (2000 - 2010)

Average lifespan in years (sd)

7.75 ± 2.4

5.67 ± .2.0

2.72 ± 2.1

Involved care providers (% of n):

   

   - hospitals

100%

100%

91%

   - expertise center

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47%

   - mental health care

0%

0%

98%

   - rehabilitation center

88%

0%

0%

   - nursing and elderly homes

100%

11%

100%

   - home care

100%

0%

100%

   - welfare/social care

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0%

77%

- client organisation

- municipality

38%

13%

0%

0%

98%

72%

Agreements available with: (% of n)

   

   - general practitioners

72%

89%

56%

   - ambulances

78%

100%

0%

% with integrated care coördinator

78%

33%

96%

Average hours per week (min-max)

5.5 (0-19)

2.0 (1.5-2.4)

15.0 (2-36)

% with improvement teams on care

91%

78%

91%

chain level, consisting of

3%

100%

13%

- professionals

3%

0%

3%

- managers

93%

0%

85%

- mixed

   

% with formal collaboration agreement between involved providers

69%

22%

84%

% with regular board meetings of involved providers

78%

67%

95%