Open AccessSuitable Scales; Rethinking Scale for Innovative Integrated Care Governance
Author(s) -
Mirella Minkman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of integrated care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 1568-4156
DOI - 10.5334/ijic.5468
Subject(s) - corporate governance , scale (ratio) , politics , integrated care , relevance (law) , neighbourhood (mathematics) , management science , public relations , knowledge management , psychology , political science , business , computer science , health care , engineering , geography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , finance , law , cartography
For organising person entered care, an important issue is how to deal with scale. This addresses what to organise on what level (in the neighbourhood, local, in the region, or national). With the increasing complexity of organising integrated care in networks, scale issues are an ingredient of integrated care governance. However, there is a lack of empirical studies that treat scale as an object of study in itself. Scale is an outcome of the interplay between many different interests, values and perceptions of people involved in the broader social and political processes. Five factors for suitable scales are discussed, emphasising the relevance for integrated care governance. These factors show, that the classical micro-meso-macro thinking oversimplify reality and more knowledge about suitable scales is required.