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Care programmes and integrated care pathways

“…Care programmes can be used to describe target populations requiring either short‐ or long‐term treatment. Care programmes (and the phases described in them) consist of modules – defined as a homogeneous care units applicable to multiple target populations (van Yperen et al , 1999). A module consists of a coherent bundle of different activities and is a recognisable time and range limited part of a CP.…”