Integrated care summary: What is it? Does it work? What does it mean for the NHS?

Integrated care

Chris Ham summarises the different forms of integrated care and their impact so far on the NHS. Based on our major review of integrated care (Ham and Curry, 2010), it has been prepared in the light of the increased interest in integrated care arising out of the work of the NHS Future Forum and the government's response.

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