IPCHS. Integrated People-Centred Health Services

Contents

Contents tagged: home-based primary care

June 14, 2017 Global Publication
Reorienting the model of care, Coordinating services within and across sectors, Creating an enabling environment

Integrating Social Services and Home-Based Primary Care for High-Risk Patients

There is a consensus that our current hospital-intensive approach to care is deeply flawed. This review article describes the research evidence for developing a better system of care for high-cost, high-risk patients. It reviews the evidence that home-centred care and integration of health care with social services are the cornerstones of a more humane and efficient system. In the hope of stimulating further discussion and debate, the authors summarize existing viewpoints on how a home-centered system, which integrates social and medical services, might emerge in the next few years. 

health care management, home-based primary care, social services
March 25, 2018 Africa Publication
Engaging and empowering people and communities, Reorienting the model of care, Coordinating services within and across sectors

Integration of community home based care programmes within national primary health care revitalisation strategies in Ethiopia, Malawi, South-Africa and Zambia: a comparative assessment

In 2008, the WHO facilitated the primary health care (PHC) revitalisation agenda. The purpose was to stregthen African health systems in order to address communicable and non-communicable diseases. The aim of this article was to assess the position of civil society-led community home based care programmes (CHBC), which serve the needs of patients with HIV, within this agenda. It examined how their roles and place in health systems evolved, and the prospects for these programmes in national policies and strategies to revitalise PHC, as new health care demand arise. 

chronic care, community, coordination of care, home-based primary care, integrated care, integration, primary health care