1 October 2018

Targeting the ‘right’ patients for integrated care

Targeting the ‘right’ patients for integrated care: stakeholder perspectives from a qualitative study
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy v23(4) p243-251, 1 October 2018
  • Secondary analysis of qualitative interviews with relevant stakeholders from two integrated care sites in England found that the data-driven approach to targeting patients, recommended in the policy literature, did not align with stakeholders’ experience of selecting patients in practice. The ‘right’ patients were at lower risk than those recommended by policy, and their complexities were identified as comprising mostly social rather than medical issues.