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Table 2 Implementation fidelity of intervention components and moderating factors affecting fidelity

From: Shifting care from hospital to community, a strategy to integrate care in Singapore: process evaluation of implementation fidelity

Component of Adherence

Intervention Component

% of adherence

Level of implementation fidelity

Moderating factors affecting fidelity

Content

Referral of suitable patients by specialists at the SOCs

25

Low

• Providers’ responsiveness

• Context (providers)

• Context (organizational)

• Context (system)

Consolidation of care under one dedicated physician

0

Low

• Complexity of program;

• Context (organizational)

Stratification of care according to patients’ needs (simple conditions were referred to primary care and more complex were referred to internal medicine specialists)

100

High

• Facilitating strategies

Preparation of transition from SOCs to other appropriate sites through patient education, appointment management and provision of referral memo by CC

90

High

• Facilitating strategies

Support of PCC providers by a team of hospital based providers (specialists, CC, nurse, and AHP: dietician, medical social worker, psychologist, and pharmacist)

20

Low

• Context (organizational)

Multi-disciplinary case conferences involving specialists, PCC providers and AHP to refine care plans for patients

2.5

Low

• Context (organizational)

• Context (system)

  1. SOC specialist outpatient clinic, CC care coordinator, PCC primary and community care, AHP allied health professionals