Different Contexts, Similar Challenges. SUSTAIN's Experiences with Improving Integrated Care in Europe

Simone R de Bruin¹, Jenny Billings², Annerieke Stoop^{1

3

4}, Manon Lette^{1

3}, Eliva A Ambugo⁵, Erica Gadsby⁶, Christina Häusler⁷, Konrad Obermann⁸, Gerli-Paat Ahi⁹, Jillian Reynolds¹⁰, Georg Ruppe⁷, Nhu Tram¹¹, Gerald Wistow¹², Nick Zonneveld^{13

14}, Giel Nijpels³, Caroline Baan^{1

4}; SUSTAIN consortium

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, NL.
² Integrated Care Research Unit Centre for Health Service Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
³ Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Amsterdam UMC - VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL.
⁴ Scientific Centre for Transformation in Care and Welfare (Tranzo), University of Tilburg, Tilburg, NL.
⁵ Department of Health Management and Health Economics, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, NO.
⁶ Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
⁷ Austrian Interdisciplinary Platform on Ageing/OEPIA, Vienna, AT.
⁸ Mannheim Institute of Public Health (MIPH), Heidelberg University, DE.
⁹ Praxis Centre for Policy Studies Foundation, Tallinn, EE.
¹⁰ Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS), Barcelona, ES.
¹¹ AGE Platform Europe, Brussels, BE.
¹² Personal Social Services Research Unit, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
¹³ National Centre of Excellence in Long Term Care, Utrecht, NL.
¹⁴ TIAS School for Business and Society, University of Tilburg, Tilburg, NL.

Editorial

Simone R de Bruin et al. Int J Integr Care. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 26;20(2):17.

doi: 10.5334/ijic.5492.

¹ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, NL.
² Integrated Care Research Unit Centre for Health Service Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
³ Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Amsterdam UMC - VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL.
⁴ Scientific Centre for Transformation in Care and Welfare (Tranzo), University of Tilburg, Tilburg, NL.
⁵ Department of Health Management and Health Economics, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, NO.
⁶ Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
⁷ Austrian Interdisciplinary Platform on Ageing/OEPIA, Vienna, AT.
⁸ Mannheim Institute of Public Health (MIPH), Heidelberg University, DE.
⁹ Praxis Centre for Policy Studies Foundation, Tallinn, EE.
¹⁰ Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS), Barcelona, ES.
¹¹ AGE Platform Europe, Brussels, BE.
¹² Personal Social Services Research Unit, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
¹³ National Centre of Excellence in Long Term Care, Utrecht, NL.
¹⁴ TIAS School for Business and Society, University of Tilburg, Tilburg, NL.

No abstract available

Keywords: European project; integrated care; older people; participatory research.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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