Interdisciplinary collaboration between primary care, social insurance and social services in the rehabilitation of people with musculoskeletal disorder: Effects on self-rated health and physical performance.

Previous research shows there can be good results from co-financing between welfare sectors on the perceived quality of interprofessional collaboration. However, little is known about the impact on patient outcome of such schemes. This study aimed to assess whether co-financed teams with personnel f...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Journal of Interprofessional Care Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 115 - 125
Autores principales: Hultberg E, Lönnroth K, Allebeck P
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2005
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Descripción
Sumario:Previous research shows there can be good results from co-financing between welfare sectors on the perceived quality of interprofessional collaboration. However, little is known about the impact on patient outcome of such schemes. This study aimed to assess whether co-financed teams with personnel from primary care, social insurance and social services have any effect on patients' health status. A comparative study of patients attending health care centres with and without a co-financed collaboration model was carried out. Although research has shown positive results from co-financed collaboration on staff and organization, we could not find that this new interdisciplinary team structure gave a better patient health outcome than conventional care.