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Reorganizing and integrating public health, health care, social care and wider public services: A theory-based framework for collaborative adaptive health networks to achieve the triple aim

Steenkamer,B. M.
Drewes,H. W.
Putters,K.
van Oers,J. A. M.
Baan,C. A.
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Objective Population health management (PHM) refers to large-scale transformation efforts by collaborative adaptive health networks that reorganize and integrate services across public health, health care, social care and wider public services in order to improve population health and quality of care while at the same time reducing cost growth. However, a theory-based framework that can guide place-based approaches towards a comprehensive understanding of how and why strategies contribute to the development of PHM is lacking, and this review aims to contribute to closing this gap by identifying the key components considered to be key to successful PHM development. Methods We carried out a scoping realist review to identify configurations of strategies (S), their outcomes (O), and the contextual factors (C) and mechanisms (M) that explain how and why these outcomes were achieved. We extracted theories put forward in included studies and that underpinned the formulated strategy-context-mechanism-outcome (SCMO) configurations. Iterative axial coding of the SCMOs and the theories that underpin these configurations revealed PHM themes. Results Forty-one studies were included. Eight components were identified: social forces, resources, finance, relations, regulations, market, leadership, and accountability. Each component consists of three or more subcomponents, providing insight into (1) the (sub)component-specific strategies that accelerate PHM development, (2) the necessary contextual factors and mechanisms for these strategies to be successful and (3) the extracted theories that underlie the (sub)component-specific SCMO configurations. These theories originate from a wide variety of scientific disciplines. We bring these (sub)components together into what we call the Collabroative Adaptive Health Network (CAHN) framework. Conclusions This review presents the strategies that are required for the successful development of PHM. Future research should study the applicability of the CAHN framework in practice to refine and enrich identified relationships and identify PHM guiding principles.
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Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
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2020
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Steenkamer, B M, Drewes, H W, Putters, K, van Oers, J A M & Baan, C A 2020, 'Reorganizing and integrating public health, health care, social care and wider public services : A theory-based framework for collaborative adaptive health networks to achieve the triple aim', Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 187-201. https://doi.org/10.1177/1355819620907359
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