Based on the concepts and relevant literature of integration of health services [ 6, 12, 13], the key categories of measures of coordination for integrated services delivery included consistency in the test services, referrals and regularity of communication among the key health agencies (See Table 1).> All the quantitative date was entered using Epidata software, and analysed using SPSS 17.0.
Despite the tremendous interest in evaluating and improving care coordination, key challenges remain in reaching a consensus about what constitutes care coordination, building the evidence base for care coordination, and developing measures of coordination.
In offering a measure of coordination, Visser seeks to allow for variation in the extent of coordination within a particular mode of coordination.
The NJ, inversely proportional to the movement smoothness, is an indirect measure of the ability for coordination.
Interestingly enough, considering that the smoothness is an indirect measure for the capacity for coordination [ 36, 40, 44, 45], the results reported in the present study indicate lower motor control ability in old subjects compared to the young ones, as expected, especially at low movement speeds (greater NJ).
To get a measure of coordination within the pair, we used the same logic as used for estimating genetic linkage (Harcourt et al.
Data from older and younger subjects show significant differences in the measures related to the ability for coordination thus showing the high sensitivity of the method to motor control differences.
Three of the 4 QIs for measuring" coordination of care" were selected for testing.
The second aim was to explore risk factors for spinal pain per gender and per spinal area (LBP, TSP, NP, pain in more than one spinal area) using the common risk factors based on the literature and by complementing the physical investigation with measures for trunk symmetry, posture and coordination.
