These two dimensions of coordination and continuity of care are to a great extent interrelated.
The main analysis dimensions of coordination, continuity and related quality of care are those used in the baseline study.
Few studies have analyzed the experience of health personnel in the use of care coordination mechanisms implemented in healthcare networks, covering the different dimensions of coordination with a broad organizational overview, rather than focusing on a specific program or mechanism [ 2, 17, 18].
Those which address more than one dimension of clinical coordination are not exhaustive in their approach to clinical coordination and are often insufficiently operative or are not directed at the assessment of clinical coordination across levels of care [ 21– 25].
Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) for the competence dimension of perspective coordination with N = 228 very clearly exhibit a single factor structure (Χ2 = 62.017, df = 54, CFI = .97, RMSEA = .03 and SRMR = .05).05
An additional dimension of coparental coordination relates to the coherence of differences between parents' childrearing approaches.
35 36 Moreover, most studies have concentrated on the evaluation of a single mechanism, addressing only one dimension of care coordination, such as the implementation of information technology in healthcare settings 37 38 or the expert system (case reviews, clinical sessions, etc) in mental healthcare.
However, its measurement is still challenging [ 1, 14, 15], since calculating the degree of clinical coordination in its multidimensional nature requires the availability of indicators that cover the different types and dimensions of clinical coordination.
Subsequent experimental facts [42 45], Figure 11, also confirmed for the first time the approximate dimensions of the coordination "helical cavity" (ca. 6 EO units/sodium cation and ca. 7 units EO/potassium cation, respectively).
As a result of these issues, there is an overrepresentation of some dimensions of clinical coordination addressed by indicators, whilst other dimensions have scarcely been investigated [ 26].
The paper shows how foresight can be embedded in a multilateral S&T programme cooperation using a set of coordination dimensions and design principles.
