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Table 5

Specialization CBUs hospital A and B

	Hospital A	Hospital B
Specialization	Provision of care: Care tasks for conditions addressed by CBUs are mostly divided across multiple functional departments, each responsible for certain steps
	Some integration occurs, such as combined clinics and task-sharing between departments in the breast and prostate cancer CBU, reducing specialization in parts of the process. However, most steps remain specialized across departments	In the chronic pelvic pain CBU, intake and diagnosis are integrated into a single process within the CBU, while treatment remains with functional departments. Similarly, the pulmonary hypertension CBU conducts combined diagnostic consultations. This integration reduces specialization in parts of the care process. In the acute pancreatitis CBU, most steps in the care process remain specialized across departments
	Improving care process: The CBUs are responsible for improving care across the entire care process for their medical condition/patient group. Professionals involved in the CBU collaborate to identify and implement improvements that span the entire care process
	Improvement initiatives are primarily focused on clinical improvements in the care process, and to a lesser extent on organizational improvements to the care process and patient journey	Improvement initiatives are primarily focused on organizational improvements to the care process and patient journey
	These tasks are not limited to a single step or department, which results in a lower degree of specialization in improvement tasks	These tasks are not limited to a single step or department, which results in a lower degree of specialization in improvement tasks

	Hospital A	Hospital B
Specialization	Provision of care: Care tasks for conditions addressed by CBUs are mostly divided across multiple functional departments, each responsible for certain steps
	Some integration occurs, such as combined clinics and task-sharing between departments in the breast and prostate cancer CBU, reducing specialization in parts of the process. However, most steps remain specialized across departments	In the chronic pelvic pain CBU, intake and diagnosis are integrated into a single process within the CBU, while treatment remains with functional departments. Similarly, the pulmonary hypertension CBU conducts combined diagnostic consultations. This integration reduces specialization in parts of the care process. In the acute pancreatitis CBU, most steps in the care process remain specialized across departments
	Improving care process: The CBUs are responsible for improving care across the entire care process for their medical condition/patient group. Professionals involved in the CBU collaborate to identify and implement improvements that span the entire care process
	Improvement initiatives are primarily focused on clinical improvements in the care process, and to a lesser extent on organizational improvements to the care process and patient journey	Improvement initiatives are primarily focused on organizational improvements to the care process and patient journey
	These tasks are not limited to a single step or department, which results in a lower degree of specialization in improvement tasks	These tasks are not limited to a single step or department, which results in a lower degree of specialization in improvement tasks

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