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Lingam R, Smithers-Sheedy H, Hodgson S, Hutchinson K, Meyers Morris T, Hu N, Nassar N, Schroeder EA, Rana R, Dickins E, Bula K, Zurynski Y. Evaluation of RuralkidsGPS; A Novel Integrated Paediatric Care Coordination Model of Care in Rural Australia - a Mixed-Methods Study Protocol. Int J Integr Care 2023; 23:10. [PMID: 38020416 PMCID: PMC10668883 DOI: 10.5334/ijic.7008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction The Kids Guided Personalised Service (KidsGPS) is an integrated model of care coordination for children and young people (CYP) living with medical complexity. After successful implementation in an urban setting, the model of care will be rolled-out at scale to four rural regions in New South Wales, Australia to establish RuralKidsGPS. This paper describes the approach and methods for the outcome and implementation evaluation of RuralKidsGPS. Description The evaluation aims to assess health, economic and implementation outcomes and processes whilst identifying barriers and enablers to inform future rollouts. Measures of health service utilisation (primary outcome), child health related quality of life and parent/carer experiences will be assessed. The implementation evaluation will occur alongside the outcomes evaluation and is underpinned by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research and informed by validated quantitative measures and qualitative interviews with patients, families, healthcare providers and service managers. An economic analysis will determine incremental cost effectiveness ratios for the new model of care using health service utilisation data. Conclusion RuralKidsGPS, if effective, has the potential to improve equity of access to integrated care for CYP and their families and this protocol may inform other evaluations of similar models of care delivered at scale.
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Affiliation(s)
- Raghu Lingam
- Population Child Health Research Group, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Population Child Health Research Group, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Tammy Meyers Morris
- Population Child Health Research Group, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Department of Community Paediatrics, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Population Child Health Research Group, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Child Population and Translational Health Research, Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia
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- Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia
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- The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Kirsten Bula
- The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Yvonne Zurynski
- Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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