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- Health care demand is outstripping supply due to an aging population and more chronic diseases, prompting the need for a better system.
- An integrated 'people-centred' model of care can enhance patient experiences and outcomes by coordinating services across all levels of healthcare and reducing hospital visits.
- Queensland's $35 million Integrated Care Innovation Fund supports diverse projects focused on chronic disease management, especially for vulnerable groups, aiming to improve care that often gets overlooked.
Article Abstract
Health policy-makers are faced with a demand for health care that exceeds supply, driven in part by an ageing population and an increased prevalence of chronic disease. An integrated 'people-centred' model of care across primary, secondary and tertiary health care can strengthen the health system by streamlining services to improve the patient journey and outcomes. Integrated care offers an opportunity to reduce admissions and re-admissions to hospitals, reduce presentations to emergency departments and improve the capacity of outpatient clinics while delivering better outcomes to patients. Queensland's $35 million Integrated Care Innovation Fund (ICIF) has provided seed funding to 24 projects covering a wide spectrum of chronic disease management and complex disease. Programs such as the ICIF offer an opportunity to provide a new approach to caring for vulnerable populations such as the frail and elderly; children with behavioural and developmental issues; children in out-of-home care; rural and remote populations; and people with mental health issues, whose care runs the risk of 'falling through the cracks' with conventional healthcare approaches.
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