Evaluation of RuralkidsGPS; A Novel Integrated Paediatric Care Coordination Model of Care in Rural Australia – a Mixed-Methods Study Protocol

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...

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Published in:International journal of integrated care 2023-11, Vol.23 (4), p.10-10
Main Authors: Lingam, Raghu, Smithers-Sheedy, Hayley, Hodgson, Stephanie, Hutchinson, Karen, Meyers Morris, Tammy, Hu, Nan, Nassar, Natasha, Schroeder, Elizabeth-Ann, Rana, Rezwanul, Dickins, Emma, Bula, Kirsten, Zurynski, Yvonne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
care coordination
Children & youth
children and young people
Chronic illnesses
Complex patients
Consent
Cost analysis
Families & family life
Health care
Health services utilization
Hospitals
implementation
Integrated delivery systems
Intervention
medical complexity
model of care
Patient admissions
Pediatrics
Quality of life
rural
Teams
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Summary: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 effect ive, 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.
ISSN:1568-4156
1568-4156
DOI:10.5334/ijic.7008