the fragmented delivery of health and social services for large groups of patients with chronic conditions was put on the research agenda in 2002 by who . the fp7-ihc - project ( www.integratedhomecare.eu ) aims to develop a turn - key - solution for better clinical continuity to european health regions . the general framework of the project is the international concept of health technology assessment ( hta ) as implemented in the eunethta core model focusing nine analytical domains . based on a systematic literature review of trials on integrated care integrated homecare ( ihc ) is defined and selected as prototype for continued rehabilitation of disabled chronic patients . 1 ) the efficacy of ihc are hypothesized to have a common neuroeconomic explanation in the finding that the blood pressure declines 57 mm in your own home compared to a hospital environment which benefits limbic activity . 2 ) stroke , copd and congestive heart failure ( hf ) are selected as examples of ihc . complementary trials and surveys are scheduled to consolidate a preliminary hypothesis of ihc as a health economic dominant intervention . 3 ) based on a swot - analysis a meso - strategy implementing ihc at a regional level is planned to combine the advantages of a goal - directed centralized approach with the adaption to local conditions in a decentralized approach . clinical and social ihc - network - members are going to be represented as external reviewers at inic11 in odense before publication of the final guides and hta - report .
purposethe fragmented delivery of health and social services for large groups of patients with chronic conditions was put on the research agenda in 2002 by who . 
 the fp7-ihc - project ( www.integratedhomecare.eu ) aims to develop a turn - key - solution for better clinical continuity to european health regions.methodthe general framework of the project is the international concept of health technology assessment ( hta ) as implemented in the eunethta core model focusing nine analytical domains.based on a systematic literature review of trials on integrated care integrated homecare ( ihc ) is defined and selected as prototype for continued rehabilitation of disabled chronic patients.preliminary results1 ) the efficacy of ihc are hypothesized to have a common neuroeconomic explanation in the finding that the blood pressure declines 57 mm in your own home compared to a hospital environment which benefits limbic activity . 
 2 ) stroke , copd and congestive heart failure ( hf ) are selected as examples of ihc . 
 complementary trials and surveys are scheduled to consolidate a preliminary hypothesis of ihc as a health economic dominant intervention . 
 3 ) based on a swot - analysis a meso - strategy implementing ihc at a regional level is planned to combine the advantages of a goal - directed centralized approach with the adaption to local conditions in a decentralized approach.discussionclinical and social ihc - network - members are going to be represented as external reviewers at inic11 in odense before publication of the final guides and hta - report .