Supporting Innovative Person-Centred Care in Financially Constrained Environments: The WE CARE Exploratory Health Laboratory Evaluation Strategy

Helen M. Lloyd, Inger Ekman, Heather L. Rogers, Vítor Raposo, Paulo Melo, Valentina D. Marinkovic, Sandra C. Buttigieg, Einav Srulovici, Roman Andrzej Lewandowski and Nicky Britten
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Helen M. Lloyd: School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL6 8BX, UK
Inger Ekman: Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Gothenburg University Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC), 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
Heather L. Rogers: Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, 48903 Bizkaia, Spain
Vítor Raposo: Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER), Centre of Health Studies and Research of the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Av. Dr. Dias da Silva 165, 3004-512 Coimbra, Portugal
Paulo Melo: Centre for Business and Economics Research, Faculty of Economics, INESC Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Av. Dr. Dias da Silva 165, 3004-512 Coimbra, Portugal
Valentina D. Marinkovic: Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Social Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Legislation, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 450, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Sandra C. Buttigieg: Department of Health Services Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, MSD2080 Msida, Malta
Einav Srulovici: Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
Roman Andrzej Lewandowski: Faculty of Management, University of Social Sciences, 90-113 Lodz, Poland
Nicky Britten: Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, St Luke’s Campus, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-19

Abstract: The COST CARES project aims to support healthcare cost containment and improve healthcare quality across Europe by developing the research and development necessary for person-centred care (PCC) and health promotion. This paper presents an overview evaluation strategy for testing ‘Exploratory Health Laboratories’ to deliver these aims. Our strategy is theory driven and evidence based, and developed through a multi-disciplinary and European-wide team. Specifically, we define the key approach and essential criteria necessary to evaluate initial testing, and on-going large-scale implementation with a core set of accompanying methods (metrics, models, and measurements). This paper also outlines the enabling mechanisms that support the development of the “Health Labs” towards innovative models of ethically grounded and evidenced-based PCC.

Keywords: We-CARE; person-centred care; patient-centred care; person-centred care; person centred care; evaluation; complex intervention; quality of care; cost containment; ethically grounded; evidence-based model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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