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Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef

Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
52
Citations
29276
World Ranking
2347
National Ranking
92

Overview

Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their scholarly contributions focus primarily on the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with 56 and 48 publications respectively. Within these broad categories, Vrijhoef has engaged extensively in subfields such as General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and general Health studies.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas including Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations and Quality of Life, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, Health Policy Implementation Science, Health disparities and outcomes, and Clinical practice guidelines implementation.

Vrijhoef has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Care Coordination
  • PLoS ONE
  • International Journal of Integrated Care
  • Value in Health
  • BMJ Open

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Vrijhoef are:

  • "Trust in and Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Medicine: Mixed Methods Study" (2024), published in JMIR Human Factors
  • "Person-centred care in primary care: What works for whom, how and in what circumstances?" (2022), published in Health & Social Care in the Community
  • "Exploring the Perceptions of the Ageing Experience in Singaporean Older Adults: a Qualitative Study" (2020), published in Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
  • "Shifting care from hospital to community, a strategy to integrate care in Singapore: process evaluation of implementation fidelity" (2020), published in BMC Health Services Research
  • "Delivery of acute ischaemic stroke treatments in the European region in 2019 and 2020" (2023), published in European Stroke Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vrijhoef include:

  • Anam Ahmed
  • Milawaty Nurjono
  • Iris W A Boot
  • Farah Shiraz
  • Janne C. Mewes

These collaborations underscore interdisciplinary connections within fields related to health services, primary care, and integrated care approaches. Vrijhoef's body of work spans mixed methods studies, evaluations of care integration, perceptions of aging, and acute treatment delivery models, reflecting a comprehensive engagement with both clinical and health systems research.

Best Publications

  • Older Adults' Reasons for Using Technology while Aging in Place

    Sebastiaan T M Peek;Katrien G Luijkx;Maurice D Rijnaard;Marianne E Nieboer

  • Factors influencing acceptance of technology for aging in place: A systematic review

    Sebastiaan T.M. Peek;Sebastiaan T.M. Peek;Eveline J.M. Wouters;Joost van Hoof;Katrien G. Luijkx

  • Nurse-led care vs. usual care for patients with atrial fibrillation: results of a randomized trial of integrated chronic care vs. routine clinical care in ambulatory patients with atrial fibrillation

    Jeroen M. L. Hendriks;Rianne de Wit;Harry J. G. M. Crijns;Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef

  • Towards a taxonomy for integrated care: a mixed-methods study

    Pim Peter Valentijn;Inge C. Boesveld;Denise M. Van der Klauw;Dirk Ruwaard

  • COPD as a multicomponent disease: inventory of dyspnoea, underweight, obesity and fat free mass depletion in primary care.

    Lotte M.G. Steuten;Eva C. Creutzberg;Hubertus J.M. Vrijhoef;Emiel F. Wouters

  • Effectiveness of innovations in nurse led chronic disease management for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review of evidence.

    Stephanie J C Taylor;Bridget Candy;Rosamund M Bryar;Jean Ramsay

  • Nurse practitioners substituting for general practitioners: randomized controlled trial

    Angelique T.M. Dierick-van Daele;Job F.M. Metsemakers;Emmy W.C.C. Derckx;Cor Spreeuwenberg

  • What it takes to successfully implement technology for aging in place: focus groups with stakeholders

    Sebastiaan Theodorus Michaël Peek;Eveline J M Wouters;Katrien G Luijkx;Hubertus J M Vrijhoef

  • Early Results From Adoption Of Bundled Payment For Diabetes Care In The Netherlands Show Improvement In Care Coordination

    Dinny H. de Bakker;Jeroen N. Struijs;Caroline A. Baan;Joop Raams

  • A systematic review of the evidence for the effectiveness of dance therapy.

    Juliane K Strassel;Daniel C Cherkin;Lotte Steuten;Karen J Sherman

  • Is Europe putting theory into practice? A qualitative study of the level of self-management support in chronic care management approaches

    Arianne Elissen;Ellen Nolte;Cécile Knai;Matthias Brunn

  • Overcoming fragmentation in health care: chronic care in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands

    Ellen Nolte;Cécile Knai;Maria Hofmarcher;Annalijn Conklin

  • Effects of tailored telemonitoring on heart failure patients’ knowledge, self-care, self-efficacy and adherence: A randomized controlled trial

    Josiane J J Boyne;Hubertus J M Vrijhoef;Marieke Spreeuwenberg;Gerjan De Weerd

  • Mapping infectious disease hospital surge threats to lessons learnt in Singapore: a systems analysis and development of a framework to inform how to DECIDE on planning and response strategies

    Shweta R Singh;Richard Coker;Hubertus J-M Vrijhoef;Yee Sin Leo

  • Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of chronic care management for diabetes: investigating heterogeneity in outcomes

    Arianne M. J. Elissen;Lotte M. G. Steuten;Lidwien C. Lemmens;Hanneke W. Drewes

  • Towards an international taxonomy of integrated primary care: a Delphi consensus approach

    Pim P. Valentijn;Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef;Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef;Dirk Ruwaard;Inge Boesveld

  • Tailored telemonitoring in patients with heart failure: Results of a multicentre randomized controlled trial

    Josiane J.J. Boyne;Hubertus J.M. Vrijhoef;Harry J.G.M. Crijns;Gerjan De Weerd

  • Valuation of EQ-5D-3L Health States in Singapore: Modeling of Time Trade-Off Values for 80 Empirically Observed Health States

    Nan Luo;Pei Wang;Julian Thumboo;Julian Thumboo;Yee-Wei Lim

  • Quality of integrated chronic care measured by patient survey: identification, selection and application of most appropriate instruments.

    Hubertus J.M. Vrijhoef;Rieneke Berbee;Edward H. Wagner;Lotte Maria Gertruda Steuten

  • Economic Impact of Integrated Care Models for Patients with Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review.

    Melissa Desmedt;Sonja Vertriest;Johan Hellings;Jochen Bergs

  • A Prospective Validation Study of a Rainbow Model of Integrated Care Measurement Tool in Singapore

    Milawaty Nurjono;Pim P. Valentijn;Mary Ann C Bautista;Yee Wei Lim

  • The effectiveness of chronic care management for heart failure: meta-regression analyses to explain the heterogeneity in outcomes

    Hanneke W. Drewes;Lotte M. G. Steuten;Lidwien C. Lemmens;Caroline A. Baan

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Nolte
Ellen Nolte London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Cécile Knai
Cécile Knai London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Caroline A. Baan
Caroline A. Baan Tilburg University
Yee Sin Leo
Yee Sin Leo Nanyang Technological University
Richard Coker
Richard Coker London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Anna P. Nieboer
Anna P. Nieboer Erasmus University Rotterdam

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