Table 1.

Methodological Design.

OBJECTIVES	STUDY STAGE	DATA COLLECTION	THEORETICAL PROPOSITIONS FROM LITERATURE	DATA ANALYSIS
Description of the OPCS structure/organizational level	Phase I	20 documents and databases with contextual data	Evaluative framework of integrated care [6]	Directed Content Analysis
Identification of the integrative elements that the OPCS includes and excludes at the process of care level	Phase II	24 Interviews with leaders and care delivery professionals	Scoping review study essential elements of integrated care [22]	Directed Content Analysis
Evaluate OPCS degree of integration at both the system organizational and process of care process level	Phase III	Documents and Interviews from this study	Blended model of research and practice [16]	Triangulation