Assessing Value in Ontario Health Links Part 3: Measures of System Performance in Ontario’s Health Links
2015
Ontario’s Health Links (HL) initiative was launched in January 2013 to integrate and improve the coordination of care provided to patients with the most complex healthcare needs. Given the considerable efforts that are being invested in Health Links, reporting on […]
Assessing Value in Ontario Health Links Part 2: A Perspective From Early Adopter Health Links
2015
Ontario HLs are helping to improve coordination of care across multiple partner organizations for patients with complex health care needs; however, little is known about the value that HLs are creating at this early stage and the value that they […]
Assessing Value in Ontario Health Links Part 1: Lessons From US Accountable Care Organizations
2014
Health Links in Ontario have the flexibility to create their own strategies to deliver integrated health care services to the high needs population, depending on local conditions. It is critical to understand what value they may be adding to the […]
QUALICOPC (Quality and Costs of Primary Care) Canada: A Focus on the Aspects of Primary Care Most Highly Rated by Current Patients of Primary Care Practices
2014
The Quality and Costs of Primary Care (QUALICOPC) study is an international study of quality and costs of primary care in 34 countries. It was designed to satisfy the demand for benchmarking performance information and to inform primary care reform […]
Integrating Community-Based Care for People with Chronic Health and Social Needs in Ontario
2014
CCAC Care Coordination Cost Analysis: CCAC & Care Coordinator Interview Findings
2013
Community Care Access Centres (CCAC) were established by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in 1996 to help the public access government-funded home and community services, and long-term care homes. Currently CCACs capture client utilization data and costs of […]
Understanding the Provision of End-of-Life and Palliative Care Services in Ontario
2013
This document highlights the goals and actions necessary to ensure the provision of high quality care to Ontarians at the end of their lives, with a focus on care independent of health care settings. To work on these goals, the […]
Guidebook on Scientific Publishing: Advice for Students and Young Investigators in the Field of Health Services and Policy Research
2013
Management of Populations With Multiple Chronic Conditions in Ontario: Suggested Components of Standard Care & Performance Measurement for Shared Accountability
2013
The high prevalence of chronic conditions and the common occurrence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) simultaneously in the same individual creates a challenge for the health care systems worldwide. The way that the health care services are currently structured to […]
Guidelines on Person-Level Costing Using Administrative Databases in Ontario
2013
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