Publications by authors named "J Macq"

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  • This paper introduces a method for managing populations by analyzing healthcare consumption data from individuals aged 60-79, focusing on their healthcare trajectories in 2017.
  • The study identifies key aspects such as health event nature, transitions in care, duration of events, and event hierarchy through a K-mers and multinomial mixture modeling approach.
  • Five distinct population groups were found, which can help local governing bodies to better understand community health needs and improve decision-making by using routinely collected data effectively.
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Background: The assessment of primary care organizations is considered to be essential for improving care. However, the assessments' acceptability to professionals poses a challenge. Developing assessment programmes in collaboration with the end-users is a strategy that is widely encouraged to make interventions better targeted.

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Background: Biopsychosocial care is one of the approaches recommended in the health system by the WHO. Although efforts are being made on the provider side to implement it and integrate it into the health system, the community dynamic also remains to be taken into account for its support. The objective of this study is to understand the community's perceptions of the concept of integrated health care management according to the biopsychosocial approach (BPS) at the Health Center of a Health District and its evaluation in its implementation.

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  • * Conducted over several months in 2017-2018, the research involved an organizational analysis of six health centers focusing on 15 capacities assessed through observations, document reviews, and interviews.
  • * Findings reveal strengths in physical resources and infrastructure but weaknesses in governance, patient engagement, and collaboration, indicating areas for improvement to effectively implement the BPS approach.
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The study on the management of integrated care (IC) policies in Belgium from Martens et al illustrates the complex process of the political and stakeholder game in a country whose governance is changing as a result of successive state reforms. We argue that the way forward for putting health back at the centre of IC policy design and management is to improve three types of connections. First, the conceptual connections should help to articulate the different IC policies into a coherent overall picture.

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