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
- Family Medicine and Chronic Care - Unpaid employee, Doctoral scholarship
- End-of-Life Care Research Group - Unpaid employee, 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, Lecturer
- End-of-Life Care Research Group - postdoctoral researcher, Lecturer
Person: Researcher, Professor
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Mishka Beutels
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Family Medicine and Chronic Care - Doctoral scholarship
- End-of-Life Care Research Group - Doctoral scholarship
- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
Person: Researcher, PhD
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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
Gobiet, E. (Mandate) & Pivodic, L. (Administrative Promotor)
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
De Vriendt, P. (Administrative Promotor) & Gilissen, J. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
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)
Beernaert, K. (Administrative Promotor)
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. (Administrative Promotor), Daenen, F. (Collaborator) & Beernaert, K. (Collaborator)
1/04/25 → 31/03/27
Project: Fundamental
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FWOAL1153: EXIST-COPD: Enhancing existential care for COPD patients and their families
Pardon, K. (Administrative Promotor), Deliens, L. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Daenen, F. (Collaborator), Beernaert, K. (Collaborator) & De Vleminck, A. (Collaborator)
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Fundamental
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A comparison of in-the-moment and retrospective patient-reported outcome measures in advanced cancer
Geeraerts, J., de Nooijer, K., Pivodic, L., Crombez, G., Decoster, L., Fontaine, C., Joris, S., Naert, E., De Ridder, M. & Van den Block, L., 4 Jan 2026, In: Supportive Care in Cancer. 34, 1, 11 p., 64.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adaptation of digital integration of PROMs and PREMs in oncology during implementation: a scoping review
MyPath consortium, Farič, N., Scherrens, A.-L., Raemdonck, E., Beernaert, K., Cresswell, K., Jacobs, A., Lundeby, T., Pardon, K., Williams, R., Landschoot, F. V., de Vos-Geelen, J., Ausen, D., Urrizola, A., Hjermstad, M. J., Kaasa, S., Fallon, M. & Deliens, L., Mar 2026, In: Supportive Care in Cancer. 34, 4, 16 p., 316.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the cost-effectiveness of two psychoeducational interventions for people with cancer and their caregivers: An economic evaluation of the multi-country DIAdIC trial
DIAdIC consortium, May, P., Smith, S., Jallow, M., Kalinjuna, T., De Vleminck, A., Matthys, O., Van Goethem, V., Groenvold, M., Guerin, S., Turola, E., Bakker, E., Brazil, K., Harding, R., Northouse, L., Hudson, P., Cohen, J. & Normand, C., Mar 2026, In: Contemporary Clinical Trials. 162, 10 p., 108240.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessors' decision-making regarding applicant eligibility for Track 2 medical assistance in dying in Canada: a qualitative study
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Sharp, H., McKenzie, M., Chambaere, K., Lachmann, M., Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B. D., Thorpe, L., Verigin, L. & Virani, A., 12 Jan 2026, In: Canadian Medical Association Journal. 198, 1, p. E1-E9 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Balancing ideals and realities: health care professionals' perspectives of and attitudes toward digital patient-centered cancer care
The MyPath consortium , Lundereng, E. D., Brkic, A., Absolom, K., Andvik, E., Beernaert, K., Cresswell, K., Dajani, O. F., De Glas, N., Fallon, M., Freitas-Durks, V., Guldhav, K. V., Hjermstad, M. J., Kaasa, S., Kurita, G. P., Lund, J.-Å., Mitrea, N., Damink, S. O., Paulsen, Ø. & Pedersen, G. M. & 2 others, , Mar 2026, In: Quality of Life Research. 35, 3, 14 p., 76.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Symposium entitled “Enabling older people to live and die well: the role of palliative care” during the International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology (IAGG) conference
Miranda, R. (Chair)
31 Jul 2027Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar
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BMC Medicine (Journal)
Demirkapu, H. (Peer reviewer)
21 Jan 2026 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Introducing the sustainable working lives perspective
De Moortel, D. (Speaker)
21 Jan 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Sophie Meesters
Cohen, J. (Host)
23 Feb 2026 → 14 Mar 2026Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Participated as a panel member for this EU-organized EUHPP Live Webinar: Cancer Mission Quality of Life (Patient Centered Care and Adolescent Young Adult and Elderly)
Miranda, R. (Invited speaker)
Mar 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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
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Advance care planning in nursing homes in Flandres
Van den Block, L. (Creator), Gilissen, J. (Creator), Smets, T. (Creator), Deliens, L. (Creator) & Pivodic, L. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 28 Jan 2025
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Dataset Narrative Inquiry Study
Matthys, M. (Creator) & Cohen, J. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 17 Jan 2025
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Recruitment and retention challenges in pediatric oncology trials
Cohen, J. (Creator), Beernaert, K. (Creator) & Van Driessche, A. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 24 Jan 2025
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