The SELFIE Framework for Integrated Care for Multi-Morbidity: development and description

• Published in: Health policy (Amsterdam) Vol. 122; no. 1; pp. 12 - 22
• Main Authors: Leijten, Fenna R.M, Struckmann, Verena, van Ginneken, Ewout, Czypionka, Thomas, Kraus, Markus, Reiss, Miriam, Tsiachristas, Apostolos, Boland, Melinde, de Bont, Antoinette, Bal, Roland, Busse, Reinhard, Mölken, Maureen Rutten-van
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.01.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Chronic care; Chronic illnesses; Comorbidity; Conceptual; Extraction; Financing; Frail elderly; Frailty; Framework; Governance; Health administration; Health care; Health care policy; Implementation; Integrated care; Interest groups; Internal Medicine; Labor force; Leadership; Morbidity; Multi-morbidity; Older people; Patients; Policy making; Social services; Stakeholders; frail elderly; framework; comorbidity; integrated care; chronic care; model; multi-morbidity; conceptual; Conceptual; Integrated care; Frail elderly; Chronic care; Comorbidity; Multi-morbidity; Model; Framework
• ISSN: 0168-8510; 1872-6054
• DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.06.002

Highlights • A framework for integrated care for multi-morbidity is presented. • A holistic understanding of the individual is at the core of the framework. • Concepts are structured according to the six WHO key components of health systems. • The framework can be used by different stakeholders in different contexts. • The framework can guide the description and evaluation of integrated care for multi-morbidity.