“Make the best use of resources in organizations and society at large”—Professionalś experiences of the Collaborative Health Care model

Implementing an integrated health care model like CHC can initially be experienced as challenging. Health care professionals can experience initial feelings of frustration and anxiety, since the usual workload may be affected by unexpected assignments, requiring knowledge to conduct complex, and sometimes novel, assessments. Working in CHC is a learning process resulting in increased competence. Participants found CHC to be beneficial in several ways, making the most out of resources in organizations and society at large to provide coordinated integrated care to patients in their homes.