Table 2.

Research priorities and levels of consensus achieved

Round 1Round 2
Conceptual topics and individual research prioritiesMean (SD)Consensus %Mean (SD)Consensus %
Access to care (n = 5)
Encouraging access to primary care as a first point of contact6.0 (1.4)73.06.2 (1.3)80.4
Providing equitable access to healthcare for disadvantaged groups6.5 (1.2)87.3N/AN/A
Providing equitable access to healthcare regardless of patient demographics6.5 (1.1)90.5N/AN/A
Providing universal health coverage in line with the Sustainable Development Goals6.3 (1.2)85.7N/AN/A
Strengthening primary healthcare to facilitate universal healthcare coverage6.3 (1.2)85.7N/AN/A
Data sharing and technology (n = 3)
Examine how to integrate data systems to enable integrated care6.1 (1.3)81.0N/AN/A
Improve data sharing and data linkage across organizational boundaries6.4 (1.0)85.7N/AN/A
Technology-enabled integrated care to assist in healthcare delivery across different settings of care6.0 (1.2)73.06.3 (1.0)84.3
Measurement of care quality (n = 4)
Develop quality indicators that operate across settings6.2 (1.0)84.1N/AN/A
Focus on aligning priorities and gearing operations, performance, and outcomes toward shared goals rather than discipline- or profession-specific goals5.9 (1.5)74.66.2 (1.2)84.3
Measurement of longer-term patient outcomes6.1 (1.1)76.26.4 (1.0)94.1
Understand the local contextual factors that determine the effectiveness of outcomes6.2 (1.0)85.7N/AN/A
Patient experience and satisfaction (n = 3)
Examine patient safety and satisfaction in integrated care6.1 (1.2)82.5N/AN/A
How best to involve patients and carers in providing feedback on services when their care crosses organizational boundaries6.3 (0.9)85.7N/AN/A
Understand patient experience of the current level of service integration6.1 (1.3)79.46.4 (0.8)86.3
Service design, integration and governance (n = 7)
To better integrate mental health, social care and physical health services6.3 (1.0)82.5N/AN/A
Co-producing approaches to integrated care with staff and service users6.1 (1.4)77.86.3 (1.0)86.3
Cross-contextual studies to understand the system as a whole instead of singular settings6.1 (1.0)73.06.3 (1.0)82.4
How/whether local systems with more extensive co-production approaches achieve better outcomes5.7 (1.4)68.36.1 (1.0)80.4
Identify incentives to deliver quality care across boundaries5.9 (1.3)71.46.2 (1.1)84.3
Inclusion of vulnerable and disabled people in healthcare provision6.2 (1.2)76.26.5 (0.9)84.3
Understanding what improvement/improvement capabilities can enable better cross-boundary working and integration5.7 (1.4)65.15.8 (1.2)80.4
Teamwork and leadership (n = 3)
Develop shared leadership models to overcome cultural and hierarchal barriers to communication among healthcare professionals that impact shared care6.0 (1.3)74.66.2 (1.1)84.3
How to train integrated health care teams to operate and share leadership roles6.2 (1.0)81.0N/AN/A
Team-based training at the undergraduate level to improve teams and professions working together in practice5.8 (1.5)66.76.3 (1.0)82.4
Round 1Round 2
Conceptual topics and individual research prioritiesMean (SD)Consensus %Mean (SD)Consensus %
Access to care (n = 5)
Encouraging access to primary care as a first point of contact6.0 (1.4)73.06.2 (1.3)80.4
Providing equitable access to healthcare for disadvantaged groups6.5 (1.2)87.3N/AN/A
Providing equitable access to healthcare regardless of patient demographics6.5 (1.1)90.5N/AN/A
Providing universal health coverage in line with the Sustainable Development Goals6.3 (1.2)85.7N/AN/A
Strengthening primary healthcare to facilitate universal healthcare coverage6.3 (1.2)85.7N/AN/A
Data sharing and technology (n = 3)
Examine how to integrate data systems to enable integrated care6.1 (1.3)81.0N/AN/A
Improve data sharing and data linkage across organizational boundaries6.4 (1.0)85.7N/AN/A
Technology-enabled integrated care to assist in healthcare delivery across different settings of care6.0 (1.2)73.06.3 (1.0)84.3
Measurement of care quality (n = 4)
Develop quality indicators that operate across settings6.2 (1.0)84.1N/AN/A
Focus on aligning priorities and gearing operations, performance, and outcomes toward shared goals rather than discipline- or profession-specific goals5.9 (1.5)74.66.2 (1.2)84.3
Measurement of longer-term patient outcomes6.1 (1.1)76.26.4 (1.0)94.1
Understand the local contextual factors that determine the effectiveness of outcomes6.2 (1.0)85.7N/AN/A
Patient experience and satisfaction (n = 3)
Examine patient safety and satisfaction in integrated care6.1 (1.2)82.5N/AN/A
How best to involve patients and carers in providing feedback on services when their care crosses organizational boundaries6.3 (0.9)85.7N/AN/A
Understand patient experience of the current level of service integration6.1 (1.3)79.46.4 (0.8)86.3
Service design, integration and governance (n = 7)
To better integrate mental health, social care and physical health services6.3 (1.0)82.5N/AN/A
Co-producing approaches to integrated care with staff and service users6.1 (1.4)77.86.3 (1.0)86.3
Cross-contextual studies to understand the system as a whole instead of singular settings6.1 (1.0)73.06.3 (1.0)82.4
How/whether local systems with more extensive co-production approaches achieve better outcomes5.7 (1.4)68.36.1 (1.0)80.4
Identify incentives to deliver quality care across boundaries5.9 (1.3)71.46.2 (1.1)84.3
Inclusion of vulnerable and disabled people in healthcare provision6.2 (1.2)76.26.5 (0.9)84.3
Understanding what improvement/improvement capabilities can enable better cross-boundary working and integration5.7 (1.4)65.15.8 (1.2)80.4
Teamwork and leadership (n = 3)
Develop shared leadership models to overcome cultural and hierarchal barriers to communication among healthcare professionals that impact shared care6.0 (1.3)74.66.2 (1.1)84.3
How to train integrated health care teams to operate and share leadership roles6.2 (1.0)81.0N/AN/A
Team-based training at the undergraduate level to improve teams and professions working together in practice5.8 (1.5)66.76.3 (1.0)82.4

N/A = not applicable. SD = standard deviation. Priorities are colour-coded based on final consensus level.

Table 2.

Research priorities and levels of consensus achieved

Round 1Round 2
Conceptual topics and individual research prioritiesMean (SD)Consensus %Mean (SD)Consensus %
Access to care (n = 5)
Encouraging access to primary care as a first point of contact6.0 (1.4)73.06.2 (1.3)80.4
Providing equitable access to healthcare for disadvantaged groups6.5 (1.2)87.3N/AN/A
Providing equitable access to healthcare regardless of patient demographics6.5 (1.1)90.5N/AN/A
Providing universal health coverage in line with the Sustainable Development Goals6.3 (1.2)85.7N/AN/A
Strengthening primary healthcare to facilitate universal healthcare coverage6.3 (1.2)85.7N/AN/A
Data sharing and technology (n = 3)
Examine how to integrate data systems to enable integrated care6.1 (1.3)81.0N/AN/A
Improve data sharing and data linkage across organizational boundaries6.4 (1.0)85.7N/AN/A
Technology-enabled integrated care to assist in healthcare delivery across different settings of care6.0 (1.2)73.06.3 (1.0)84.3
Measurement of care quality (n = 4)
Develop quality indicators that operate across settings6.2 (1.0)84.1N/AN/A
Focus on aligning priorities and gearing operations, performance, and outcomes toward shared goals rather than discipline- or profession-specific goals5.9 (1.5)74.66.2 (1.2)84.3
Measurement of longer-term patient outcomes6.1 (1.1)76.26.4 (1.0)94.1
Understand the local contextual factors that determine the effectiveness of outcomes6.2 (1.0)85.7N/AN/A
Patient experience and satisfaction (n = 3)
Examine patient safety and satisfaction in integrated care6.1 (1.2)82.5N/AN/A
How best to involve patients and carers in providing feedback on services when their care crosses organizational boundaries6.3 (0.9)85.7N/AN/A
Understand patient experience of the current level of service integration6.1 (1.3)79.46.4 (0.8)86.3
Service design, integration and governance (n = 7)
To better integrate mental health, social care and physical health services6.3 (1.0)82.5N/AN/A
Co-producing approaches to integrated care with staff and service users6.1 (1.4)77.86.3 (1.0)86.3
Cross-contextual studies to understand the system as a whole instead of singular settings6.1 (1.0)73.06.3 (1.0)82.4
How/whether local systems with more extensive co-production approaches achieve better outcomes5.7 (1.4)68.36.1 (1.0)80.4
Identify incentives to deliver quality care across boundaries5.9 (1.3)71.46.2 (1.1)84.3
Inclusion of vulnerable and disabled people in healthcare provision6.2 (1.2)76.26.5 (0.9)84.3
Understanding what improvement/improvement capabilities can enable better cross-boundary working and integration5.7 (1.4)65.15.8 (1.2)80.4
Teamwork and leadership (n = 3)
Develop shared leadership models to overcome cultural and hierarchal barriers to communication among healthcare professionals that impact shared care6.0 (1.3)74.66.2 (1.1)84.3
How to train integrated health care teams to operate and share leadership roles6.2 (1.0)81.0N/AN/A
Team-based training at the undergraduate level to improve teams and professions working together in practice5.8 (1.5)66.76.3 (1.0)82.4
Round 1Round 2
Conceptual topics and individual research prioritiesMean (SD)Consensus %Mean (SD)Consensus %
Access to care (n = 5)
Encouraging access to primary care as a first point of contact6.0 (1.4)73.06.2 (1.3)80.4
Providing equitable access to healthcare for disadvantaged groups6.5 (1.2)87.3N/AN/A
Providing equitable access to healthcare regardless of patient demographics6.5 (1.1)90.5N/AN/A
Providing universal health coverage in line with the Sustainable Development Goals6.3 (1.2)85.7N/AN/A
Strengthening primary healthcare to facilitate universal healthcare coverage6.3 (1.2)85.7N/AN/A
Data sharing and technology (n = 3)
Examine how to integrate data systems to enable integrated care6.1 (1.3)81.0N/AN/A
Improve data sharing and data linkage across organizational boundaries6.4 (1.0)85.7N/AN/A
Technology-enabled integrated care to assist in healthcare delivery across different settings of care6.0 (1.2)73.06.3 (1.0)84.3
Measurement of care quality (n = 4)
Develop quality indicators that operate across settings6.2 (1.0)84.1N/AN/A
Focus on aligning priorities and gearing operations, performance, and outcomes toward shared goals rather than discipline- or profession-specific goals5.9 (1.5)74.66.2 (1.2)84.3
Measurement of longer-term patient outcomes6.1 (1.1)76.26.4 (1.0)94.1
Understand the local contextual factors that determine the effectiveness of outcomes6.2 (1.0)85.7N/AN/A
Patient experience and satisfaction (n = 3)
Examine patient safety and satisfaction in integrated care6.1 (1.2)82.5N/AN/A
How best to involve patients and carers in providing feedback on services when their care crosses organizational boundaries6.3 (0.9)85.7N/AN/A
Understand patient experience of the current level of service integration6.1 (1.3)79.46.4 (0.8)86.3
Service design, integration and governance (n = 7)
To better integrate mental health, social care and physical health services6.3 (1.0)82.5N/AN/A
Co-producing approaches to integrated care with staff and service users6.1 (1.4)77.86.3 (1.0)86.3
Cross-contextual studies to understand the system as a whole instead of singular settings6.1 (1.0)73.06.3 (1.0)82.4
How/whether local systems with more extensive co-production approaches achieve better outcomes5.7 (1.4)68.36.1 (1.0)80.4
Identify incentives to deliver quality care across boundaries5.9 (1.3)71.46.2 (1.1)84.3
Inclusion of vulnerable and disabled people in healthcare provision6.2 (1.2)76.26.5 (0.9)84.3
Understanding what improvement/improvement capabilities can enable better cross-boundary working and integration5.7 (1.4)65.15.8 (1.2)80.4
Teamwork and leadership (n = 3)
Develop shared leadership models to overcome cultural and hierarchal barriers to communication among healthcare professionals that impact shared care6.0 (1.3)74.66.2 (1.1)84.3
How to train integrated health care teams to operate and share leadership roles6.2 (1.0)81.0N/AN/A
Team-based training at the undergraduate level to improve teams and professions working together in practice5.8 (1.5)66.76.3 (1.0)82.4

N/A = not applicable. SD = standard deviation. Priorities are colour-coded based on final consensus level.

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