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Does integration really make a difference?: a comparison of old age psychiatry services in England and Northern Ireland

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>10/2003
<mark>Journal</mark>International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Issue number10
Volume18
Number of pages7
Pages (from-to)887-893
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This paper seeks to address whether integrated structures are associated with more integrated forms of service. Northern Ireland has one of the most structurally integrated and comprehensive models of health and personal social services in Europe. Social and health services are jointly administered and this arrangement should, in theory, promote collaborative working and interdisciplinary arrangements.