The potential for integrated care programmes to improve quality of care as assessed by patients with COPD: early results from a real-world implementation study in The Netherlands
Objective: We investigated whether patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who were enrolled in disease-management programmes (DMPs) felt that they received a better quality of care than non-enrolled COPD patients. Methods: Our cross-sectional study was performed among patients (n = 665) enrolled in four DMPs in The Netherlands. We also evaluated COPD patients (n = 227) not enrolled in such programmes. Patients' assessment of chronic-illness care (PACIC) was measured with a 20-item questionnaire. The instrument had five pre-defined domains: patient activation (three items),... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
Schlagwörter: | Geneeskunde / chronic care / integrated care / disease management / COPD / chronic care model |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28788085 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/255879 |