'Complexity-compatible' policy for integrated care? Lessons from the implementation of Ontario's Health Links.

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'Complexity-compatible' policy for integrated care? Lessons from the implementation of Ontario's Health Links.

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Complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory views healthcare as numerous sub-systems characterized by diverse agents that interact, self-organize, and continuously adapt. We apply this complexity science perspective to examine the extent to which CAS theory is a useful lens for designing and implementing health policies. We present the case of Health Links, a "low rules" policy intervention in Ontario, Canada aimed at stimulating the development of voluntary networks of health and social organizati...

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Journal article

Date created

2018-02

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Grudniewicz, Agnes / Tenbensel, Timothy / Evans, Jenna M / Steele Gray, Carolyn / Baker, G Ross / Wodchis, Walter P

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/44608

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Humans / Qualitative Research / Health Policy / Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Ontario / Stakeholder Participation

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