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Publisher: Peytchinski, Gospodin Iliev
ISSN: 1312 773X (Online)
Issue: 2015, vol. 21, issue 3
Subject Area: Medicine
Pages: 843-845
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2015213.843
Published online: 05 August 2015
J of IMAB 2015 Jul-Sep;21(3):843-845
ROLE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS FOR INTEGRATED CARE IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS.
Galina R. Petrova1
, Gergana Nenova2, Kalin Mihov2, Svetoslav Dobrilov2, Todorka I. Kostadinova1.
1) Department of Economics and Management of Health, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University - Varna, Bulgaria,
2) Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital for Active Treatment "St. Marina" Varna, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
The aim of the following article is to present the role of multidisciplinary team in the implementation of integrated care for patients scheduled for surgical treatment of osteoarthritis. It can include different professionals from health care and social sectors depending on patients` needs. Integrated provision of care is connected to a system evaluation of every aspect of the health status of the patient by different health care professionals and team planning of the procedures needed for the patient. Care provided by multidisciplinary team help for the improvement of activity after surgical intervention, functional abilities, psychological and social health.
Key words: multidisciplinary team, osteoarthritis, treatment, integrated care,
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Please cite this article in PubMed Style or AMA (American Medical Association) Style:
Petrova GR, Nenova G, Mihov K, Dobrilov S, Kostadinova TI. ROLE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS FOR INTEGRATED CARE IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS. J of IMAB. 2015 Jul-Sep;21(3):843-845.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2015213.843
Correspondence to: Galina Petrova, PhD, Chief assistant professor, Department of Economics and Management of Health, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Varna; 55, Marin Drinov Str., 9000 Varna, Bulgaria; E-mail: galina.petrova@mu-varna.bg
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Received: 18 May 2015
Published online: 05 August 2015