20.500.12556/RUL-182410 Evaluation of the implementation of integrated primary care for patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension in Belgium, Cambodia, and Slovenia Introduction: Integrated care of chronic patients improves quality of their management, but there is scarce evidence of its implementation in different healthcare settings. With this article, we wanted to determine the level of integrated care implementation in the management of T2D (diabetes) and HT (hypertension) in three different settings: Belgium, Slovenia, and Cambodia. Methods: This was an observational study with integrated approach. It was conducted in primary health care organisations in three countries. In each primary health care organisation, we aimed to include primary care workers that worked with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and hypertension (HT) patients. Data was collected with the Integrated Care Package (ICP) grid (consisting of six elements: identification, treatment, health education, self-management, caregiver collaboration, and care organisation). Results: ICP is almost completely implemented without major differences within Slovenia. There is a considerable variability across practice types in Belgium. Implementation is constrained by health system resources in Cambodia. Some elements, especially identification, are better implemented then others, across health systems. Conclusion: Countries can enhance integrated care for chronic diseases by implementing central policies, standardized protocols, and local adaptation, addressing resource constraints, promoting systematic screening and health education, and providing training for healthcare workers, tailored to community needs, to improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivery. integrated care package primary care cross country comparison diabetes hypertension arterijska hipertenzija zdravstvena nega primerjave sladkorna bolezen tip 2 Belgija Kambodža Slovenija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-05-11 09:30:09 2026-05-11 09:30:15 2026-05-22 08:33:43 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 12 str. iss. 2, art. 27 Vol. 24 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 616.379 1568-4156 10.5334/ijic.7664 203708163 RAZ_Stojnic_Natasa_2024.pdf RAZ_Stojnic_Natasa_2024.pdf 1 F7F82EB458E3BF611C04077319DF1690 ec286a26c61b0039647410252e14905d5aee793581807b7f450a013322b01d84 f54d6f92-4d0a-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=233620 https://ijic.org/articles/10.5334/ijic.7664 0 bda4e197-4d0b-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=233621 Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0