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View article: Strengthening interprofessional collaboration by working with cross-sectoral boundaries: Introducing mental health teams in Denmark
Strengthening interprofessional collaboration by working with cross-sectoral boundaries: Introducing mental health teams in Denmark Open
Background Interprofessional collaboration across sectors is a major challenge for the health and care workforce. Collaboration often remains weak, as fragmented services cannot match complex needs. Working with the underlying professional…
View article: Facilitating access to mental healthcare for patients with long-term conditions in general practice: a qualitative collective case study
Facilitating access to mental healthcare for patients with long-term conditions in general practice: a qualitative collective case study Open
Healthcare professionals in general practice must think about their role in facilitating access to mental healthcare. An important part of this is that general practices prioritize patients in vulnerable situations, for example through spe…
View article: Task shifting from general practitioners to nurses in out-of-hours primary care: an explorative case study of team-based practices
Task shifting from general practitioners to nurses in out-of-hours primary care: an explorative case study of team-based practices Open
Task shifting from GPs to nurses in OOH-PC is feasible in a team-based workflow, resulting in efficient use of available resources and high job satisfaction. However, task shifting should not aim to replace GPs with nurses. Instead, their …
View article: Care professionals’ experiences and mediation of conditions for well-functioning interprofessional collaboration: a mixed-methods case study of rehabilitation pathways in Danish home care
Care professionals’ experiences and mediation of conditions for well-functioning interprofessional collaboration: a mixed-methods case study of rehabilitation pathways in Danish home care Open
There is a growing interest in understanding the conditions that facilitate and hinder well-functioning interprofessional collaborations in healthcare. However, important knowledge gaps persist regarding the significance of context conditi…
View article: Tackling the primary healthcare workforce crisis: time to talk about health systems and governance—a comparative assessment of nine countries in the WHO European region
Tackling the primary healthcare workforce crisis: time to talk about health systems and governance—a comparative assessment of nine countries in the WHO European region Open
Background Primary healthcare has emerged as a powerful global concept, but little attention has been directed towards the pivotal role of the healthcare workforce and the diverse institutional setting in which they work. This study aims t…
View article: “If-then”-scenarios in the care of pregnant women with diabetes in socially vulnerable positions
“If-then”-scenarios in the care of pregnant women with diabetes in socially vulnerable positions Open
Background Pregnant women with diabetes in socially vulnerable positions face a multiplicity of medical, social, and psychological risks during pregnancy and birth and are susceptible to health inequities. This presentation explores the te…
View article: Tackling health inequalities by creating new practices of integrated health access
Tackling health inequalities by creating new practices of integrated health access Open
Background Health inequalities often emerge in-between health and social care sectors, as part of transitions between providers across the two sectors. Integrated health access is important for addressing these inequalities. Therefore, we …
View article: Dis-continuity in Continuity-of-Care: a pathway for more equal access to mental health care services?
Dis-continuity in Continuity-of-Care: a pathway for more equal access to mental health care services? Open
Background Access to healthcare is core to achieving universal health coverage. Reaching and obtaining appropriate health care services requires engagement by health care organizations and users. For people with mental illness, access emer…
View article: What makes communication work and for whom? Examining interprofessional collaboration among home care staff using structural equation modeling
What makes communication work and for whom? Examining interprofessional collaboration among home care staff using structural equation modeling Open
Up to 175 conditions influencing interprofessional practices have been identified. Still, little is known about to what extent these conditions interact, influence communication, and vary across professional groups and settings. We explore…
View article: Exploring New Models for Implementing Sustainable Integrated Health Access for People in Vulnerable Positions: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Multiple Case Study
Exploring New Models for Implementing Sustainable Integrated Health Access for People in Vulnerable Positions: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Multiple Case Study Open
Background Health care is a strongly universal right across European welfare states; however, social inequalities in health persist. This literature argues that health care organization is an important but overlooked determinant of social …
View article: Task shifting from general practitioners to other health professionals in out-of-hours primary care – a systematic literature review on content and quality of task shifting
Task shifting from general practitioners to other health professionals in out-of-hours primary care – a systematic literature review on content and quality of task shifting Open
The level of safety and efficiency of care provided by other health professionals in OOH-PC seems like that of GPs, although they mainly see patients presenting with less urgent and less complex health problems.
View article: Tackling social inequalities in health: Assessing contexts for implementing integrated health access for people with severe mental illness
Tackling social inequalities in health: Assessing contexts for implementing integrated health access for people with severe mental illness Open
Social inequalities in health are a complex problem that often emerge at the interfaces between different sectors, such as health and social care, and the corresponding transitions between different provider organisations. Vulnerable peopl…
View article: Exploring New Models for Implementing Sustainable Integrated Health Access for People in Vulnerable Positions: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Multiple Case Study (Preprint)
Exploring New Models for Implementing Sustainable Integrated Health Access for People in Vulnerable Positions: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Multiple Case Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Health care is a strongly universal right across European welfare states; however, social inequalities in health persist. This literature argues that health care organization is an important but overlooked determinant of social…
View article: Sustaining treatment of vulnerable people: assessing needs for integrated care in mental health
Sustaining treatment of vulnerable people: assessing needs for integrated care in mental health Open
Background About half the population in Denmark will experience mental health challenges during their lives. Among them a group of vulnerable people often experiences higher unmet needs and lack of coherence between sectors. They therefore…
View article: Post-covid policy responses to health workforce capacities: comparing health system resilience
Post-covid policy responses to health workforce capacities: comparing health system resilience Open
Background Post-Covid health policies seek to adapt to the ‘new normal'. Their success depends on the capacities of healthcare workforce (HCWF). Policies need to tackle rapidly growing shortages, high levels of stress and increases in viol…
View article: Organising for health equality: assessing contexts for implementing integrated health access
Organising for health equality: assessing contexts for implementing integrated health access Open
Background Social inequalities in health are complex and vulnerable people therefore need cross-sectoral initiatives that provides integrated access to different sectors of the health system. However, specialization makes systems fragmente…
View article: O.3.3-10 The why and how of co-production between professionals and volunteers: a qualitative study of community-based healthcare in Denmark
O.3.3-10 The why and how of co-production between professionals and volunteers: a qualitative study of community-based healthcare in Denmark Open
Purpose The purpose of the present study was to explore co-production in practice by examining how public health service and voluntary sports clubs collaborate to support people with chronic illness to participate in physical activity in a…
View article: Comparative health policy goes qualitative: Broadening the focus of research after COVID‐19
Comparative health policy goes qualitative: Broadening the focus of research after COVID‐19 Open
The COVID‐19 pandemic has pushed health policy frontstage and exposed the stark differences in government capacities to respond to the crisis. This has created new demands for comparative heath policy to support knowledge creation on a lar…
View article: Reducing social inequalities in health: assessing organizational contexts for implementing integrated access for people with severe mental illness
Reducing social inequalities in health: assessing organizational contexts for implementing integrated access for people with severe mental illness Open
Population Medicine considers the following types of articles:• Research Papers -reports of data from original research or secondary dataset analyses.• Review Papers -comprehensive, authoritative, reviews within the journal's scope.These i…
View article: Comparative health policy goes qualitative: refocusing research after COVID-19
Comparative health policy goes qualitative: refocusing research after COVID-19 Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed health policy frontstage and exposed the stark differences in government capacities to respond to the crisis. This has created new demands for comparative heath policy to support knowledge creation on a lar…
View article: How Context and Program Conditions (CPC) affect collaboration in Integrated Care: using the CPC-framework and Structural Equation Modelling to examine conditions for interprofessional collaboration in Danish Primary Care
How Context and Program Conditions (CPC) affect collaboration in Integrated Care: using the CPC-framework and Structural Equation Modelling to examine conditions for interprofessional collaboration in Danish Primary Care Open
Introduction: Increasing demand for interprofessional collaboration has raised the interest in the influence of different conditions. However, we know little about the magnitude of interactions between conditions. This is important, as it …
View article: Health workforce needs and health policy responses to COVID-19: a European comparative assessment
Health workforce needs and health policy responses to COVID-19: a European comparative assessment Open
Background The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the importance of the health workforce for health system resilience. This study aims to explore whether and how healthcare system in Europe have responded to new emergent needs and transformed thei…
View article: Who cares?—The unrecognised contribution of homecare nurses to care trajectories
Who cares?—The unrecognised contribution of homecare nurses to care trajectories Open
Background Organisation of patients' trajectories is a critical element of nursing practice. However, nursing practice is mainly expressed in terms of direct patient care, while the practices through which care is organised have received l…
View article: Health system resilience and health workforce capacities: Comparing health system responses during the COVID‐19 pandemic in six European countries
Health system resilience and health workforce capacities: Comparing health system responses during the COVID‐19 pandemic in six European countries Open
Background The health workforce is a key component of any health system and the present crisis offers a unique opportunity to better understand its specific contribution to health system resilience. The literature acknowledges the importan…