The University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred Care - GPCC
The University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred Care - GPCC is an interdisciplinary research centre, established in January 2010, with the support of the Swedish government's strategic investment in health and care research. The centre performs interventional and explorative studies on person-centred care in a wide variety of health care settings. This research has established that person-centred care is capable of enhancing the efficiency of the care process. Apart from considerable monetary savings resulting from amongst other things shorter hospital stays, significant positive effects from a patient perspective have been seen, including improved self-efficacy and increased patient satisfaction, as care is adapted to each individual person and his or her resources are utilised. In addition the centre applies its findings to implementation, innovation and educational courses and workshops in academic and healthcare settings.
GPCC's vision: Sustainable health through sustainable care: To prevent and reduce suffering and strengthen the efficiency of health care through person-centred care.
Europe is the centre's primary geographical focus, although some collaboration also takes place with the Americas, Africa and South-East Asia.
This centre’s web site contains a range of information, films, presentations, resources and links; from basic information on person-centred care to information on a wide range of individual research projects from health and elderly care and rehabilitation. It also contains news, events, scientific publications and implementation.
A summary commentary describing GPCC was published in BMJ Feb 2015.