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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Integrated health care delivery: Integrated care has been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as: "The management and delivery of health services such as that people receive a continuum of health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, disease management, rehabilitation and palliative care services, through the different levels and sites of care within the health system, and according to their bio-psycho and social needs throughout the life course" (WHO, 2012). Integrated care research priorities: * (cost) effectiveness of integrated care programmes for patients with (multiple) chronic care conditions * What is the (cost) effectiveness of integrated care programmes for patients with multi-morbidity on clinical and patient reported outcomes of care? * (cost) effectiveness of multifaceted intervention strategies (programmes) for the detection, diagnosis and management of chronic diseases and multi-morbidity, targeting clinical inertia in physicians. * How (cost) effective are family physicians in the detection, diagnosis and management of patients with multimorbidity? * What is the (cost) effectiveness of multidisciplinary teams that target clinical inertia in family physicians? * (cost) effectiveness of 'transmural care' (from hospital to home care, and vice versa) for patients with multi-morbidity. * What is the (cost) effectiveness of a transmural care programme for patients with multi-morbidity on clinical and patient reported health outcomes? * What are the factors that hinder/facilitate the implementation of integrated care for patient with multimorbidity at the structure, process and outcome level of care? * What bio-psycho-social empowerment strategies can be applied to patients with multi-morbidity and their families to improve adherence with the therapeutic regimen? * Development of a conceptual framework on quality indicators for integrated healthcare delivery at the structure, process and outcome level of care for patients with multi-morbidity. * What are quality indicators for integrated health for patients with multimorbidity at the structure, process and outcome level of care? * Development of a conceptual framework on multi-morbidity including a complexity analysis at the level of the patient, caregiver and health system. * What determines case, care, quality assessment and health systems complexity for patients with multi-morbidity? Other research topics: * Health services accessibility for socio-economically disadvantaged groups * Sexual behaviour and dysfunctions in gay men
Keywords
- sex disorders
- Spirometry
- Target Groups
- Epidemiology
- Chronic disease
- intercultural competences
- Cardiovascular Risks
- lipid disorders
- Integrated Care
- Quality Of Care
- respiratory diseases
- Primary Care
- Medical Education
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Indra Albrecht
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- End-of-Life Care Research Group - Unpaid employee
- Family Medicine and Chronic Care - Unpaid employee
Person: Researcher
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Degefaye Anlay
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- End-of-Life Care Research Group - Doctoral scholarship
- Family Medicine and Chronic Care - Doctoral scholarship
- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
Person: Researcher, PhD
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Hanne Bakelants
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Educational Science - Doctor-assistant
- Family Medicine and Chronic Care - postdoctoral researcher
- End-of-Life Care Research Group - postdoctoral researcher
- Society and Ageing Research Lab
Person: Researcher
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Kim Beernaert
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Family Medicine and Chronic Care - postdoctoral researcher
- End-of-Life Care Research Group - postdoctoral researcher
Person: Researcher, Professor
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Jan L Bernheim
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- End-of-Life Care Research Group - Unpaid employee
- Family Medicine and Chronic Care - Unpaid employee
- Vriendenkring VUB - Emeritus
Person: Sympathiser, Researcher
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FWOTM1324: The evolving lifeworlds of older people living and dying with advanced dementia – An ethnographic study of end-of-life trajectories
1/11/25 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamental
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VLOV240: Samen sterker in de eerste lijn: Naar meer geïntegreerde zorg door samenwerking en integratie van huisartsenkringen en zorgraden
1/07/25 → 30/06/26
Project: Fundamental
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CONI842: Closing Event CAREFuL: Collaborating for Improved End-of-Life Care and Quality of Life (registrations)
19/06/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Fundamental
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ANI414: Implementation and evaluation of an integrated palliative care model in hematology
Pardon, K., Daenen, F. & Beernaert, K.
1/04/25 → 31/03/27
Project: Fundamental
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ADSPFD82: Ondersteuning Netwerkdag van het Expertisecentrum Palliatieve Zorg VUB-EHB-UZ Brussel dd dinsdag 18/11/2025
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Applied
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A European Association for Palliative Care White Paper defining an integrative palliative, geriatric, and rehabilitative approach to care and support for older people living with frailty and their family carers: a 28-country Delphi study and recommendations
Van den Block, L., de Nooijer, K., Pautex, S., Pivodic, L., Van Den Noortgate, N., Nicholson, C., Szczerbińska, K., Pereira, S. M., Tiberini, R., Hanratty, B. & Miranda, R., Sept 2025, In: EClinicalMedicine. 87, p. 1-16 16 p., 103403.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Psychometric Evaluation of the Staff-Reported EOLD-CAD Measure Among Nursing Home Residents With Cognitive Impairment
Cagle, J. G., Stump, T. E., Tu, W., Ersek, M., Floyd, A., Van den Block, L., Zhang, P., Becker, T. D. & Unroe, K. T., Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 40, 1, 9 p., e70037.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A scenario study on the possibilities of Bernheim's ACSA to overcome response shift and cultural relativity in the assessment of subjective wellbeing (SWB)
Azadfar, Z., Leysen, F., Bemong, G. P. M., Bernheim, J. & Theuns, P., Jul 2025.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Poster
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Assessing Child Pain-Related Injustice Appraisals: A Discriminant Content Analysis Study
Daenen, F., Baert, F., Van Ryckeghem, D., Trost, Z. & Vervoort, T., Apr 2025, In: European Journal of Pain (London, England). 29, 4, p. 1-10 10 p., e70005.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assisted dying and public health
Chambaere, K., Dierickx, S. & Cohen, J., 2025, International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Third Edition). Quah, S. R. (ed.). Academic Press, Vol. 7. p. 262-277 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Activities
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ACP for people with dementia and other life-limiting illnesses: opportunities and challenges
Julie Stevens (Speaker)
7 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Translating community-based interventions for older people to new regions and countries: the case of EU NAVIGATE
Chelsea Vinckier (Speaker)
29 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Culturally sensitive palliative care
Hakki Demirkapu (Speaker)
20 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Diversity sensitive care
Hakki Demirkapu (Speaker)
Apr 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a public lecture/debate
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Balancing Palliative Care Needs and Medication Appropriateness: Initiation and Reinitiation of Medications at the End of Life
Degefaye Anlay (Speaker)
1 Jul 2025 → 4 Jul 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Datasets
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Survey of Palliative Care Volunteers in Flanders 2018
Vanderstichelen, S. (Creator), Cohen, J. (Creator), Van Wesemael, Y. (Creator), Deliens, L. (Creator) & Chambaere, K. (Creator), Zenodo, 2025
Dataset
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Supplemental Table - Supplemental material for Integrated healthcare models for rheumatoid arthritis: A descriptive systematic review
Vrijhoef, H. (Creator) & Vodopivec, V. (Creator), figshare.sage, 21 Mar 2019
DOI: 10.25384/sage.7873622, http://10.1177/2053434519836425
Dataset
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Palliative Care in Hematology: A Systematic Review of the Components, Effectiveness, and Implementation
Hochrath, S. (Project Member), Zenodo, 3 Feb 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14793253, https://zenodo.org/records/14793253
Dataset
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LVH_PhD_Questionnaire
Baetens, I. (Creator), Van Hove, L. (Creator) & Vanderstichelen, S. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 15 May 2025
Dataset
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ACP-GP Focus group and interview data
Pardon, K. (Creator) & Stevens, J. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 14 Feb 2025
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