title: Fragmentation: a wicked problem with an integrated solution?
abstract: Integrated care is central to current health care reforms as policy makers and practitioners struggle to address fragmentation of care planning and delivery. However, those pursuing integration have failed to appreciate the complex nature of fragmentation. We seek to bring some much-needed clarity to current debate by considering fragmentation as a 'wicked problem' requiring a locally driven and multifaceted approach to integration.
authors: Global Health, Innovation and Policy Unit, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London. s.shaw@qmul.ac.uk
authors: Sara E
authors: SE
authors: Shaw
authors: Rebecca
authors: R
authors: Rosen
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D014481:United States