van Engen, Veerle http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2845-8940
Buljac-Samardzic, Martina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9608-180X
Baatenburg de Jong, Rob http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7236-264X
Braithwaite, Jeffrey http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0296-4957
Ahaus, Kees http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9973-3746
Den Hollander-Ardon, Monique http://orcid.org/0009-0003-9397-3898
Peters, Ingrid http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0374-3702
Bonfrer, Igna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8570-0393
Funding for this research was provided by:
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Article History
Received: 23 March 2024
Accepted: 13 July 2024
First Online: 5 August 2024
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and exempted from formal approval under the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act by the Medical Research Ethics Committee of the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ETH2223-0225). All interview participants consented to participation and the publication of quotes from interviews.
: Authors RB, MH and IP disclose employment at the studied hospital and membership of the VBHC implementation team. They did not participate in data collection and analysis to guarantee minimal bias. The other authors (VE, MB, KA, JB and IB) declare that they have no competing interests.