Campaz-Landazábal D, Vargas I, Sánchez E, Cots F, Plaja P, Pérez-Castejón JM, Sánchez-Hidalgo A, Vázquez ML. Has cross-level clinical coordination changed in the context of the pandemic? The case of the Catalan health system. BMC Health Services Research. 2024;959

Campaz-Landazábal D, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Impact of coordination mechanisms based on information and communication technologies on cross-level clinical coordination: A scoping review. Digital Health. 2024;10

Oliver-Anglés A, Vargas-Lorenzo I, López-Vázquez J, Chagas-Samico I, Campaz-Landazábal D, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Eguiguren-Bravo P, Amarilla DI, Bertolotto F, Vázquez ML. ¿Qué proponen los médicos para mejorar la coordinación entre niveles? Resultados en seis países de Latinoamérica. Rev. Salud Pública. 2024;26(1):1-9

Vargas I, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Eguiguren P, Samico I, Bertolotto F, López-Vázquez J, Amarilla DI, De Paepe P, Vázquez ML for Equity-LA II. Lessons learnt from the process of designing care coordination interventions through participatory action research in public healthcare networks of six Latin American countries. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2023;21;39

López-Vázquez J, Cabrera-Mendoza N, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. ¿Cuál es la experiencia de coordinación clínica de médicos/as generalistas y especialistas en redes de servicios de salud de México? Análisis comparativo 2015-2017. Rev. Chil. Salud Pública. 2022; 26(2):124-139

Campaz-Landazabal D, Esteve-Matalí L, Vargas I, Sitjas E, Plaja P, Sánchez E, Ramon I, Vázquez ML. Is clinical coordination across care levels different according to the secondary care medical speciality? Results from the Catalan health system. International journal of health planning and management. 2022;1-19

Vázquez ML, Vargas I, Rubio-Valera M, Aznar-Lou I, Eguiguren P, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Torres AL, Peralta A, Dias S, Smith S. Improving equity in access to early diagnosis of cancer in different healthcare systems of Latin America: protocol for the EquityCancer-LA implementation-effectiveness hybrid study. BMJ Open 2022;12:e067439

Espinel-Flores V, Tiburcio-Lara G, Vargas I, Eguiguren P, Mogollón-Pérez AS, De Medeiros-Mendes MF, López-Vázquez J, Bertolotto F, Amarilla D, Vázquez ML. Relational continuity of chronic patients with primary and secondary care doctors: a study of public healthcare networks of six Latin American countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(20);13008

León-Arce HG, Chávez J, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Implementing joint training sessions of general practitioners and specialists aimed at improving clinical coordination in Colombia: Contributions from participatory action research. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 2022.

Vázquez ML, Miranda-Mendizábal A, Eguiguren P, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Ferreira de Medeiros Mendes M, López-Vázquez J, Bertolotto F, Vargas I. Evaluating the effectiveness of care coordination interventions designed and implemented through a participatory action research process: Lessons learned from a quasi-experimental study in public healthcare networks in Latin America. PLoS ONE. 2022;17(1):e0261604

Espinel-Flores V, Vargas I, Eguiguren P, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Medeiros Mendes MF, López-Vázquez J, Bertolotto F, Vázquez ML. Assessing the impact of clinical coordination interventions on the continuity of care for patients with chronic conditions: participatory action research in five latin american countries. Health Policy Plan. 2022;37(1)

Puzzolo J, Amarilla DI, Colautti M, Moreno J, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Mecanismos de coordinación en la red de salud municipal de Rosario: conocimiento y uso. Estudio comparativo 2015-2017. Revista Argentina de Salud Pública. 2021;13:e64

López-Vázquez J, Pérez-Martínez DE, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Interventions to improve clinical coordination between levels: participatory experience in a public healthcare network in Xalapa, Mexico. International Journal of Integrated Care. 2021;21(4):12

Ollé-Espluga L, Vargas I, Mogollón-Pérez A, Freitas RP, Eguiguren P, Cisneros AI, Muruaga MC, Huerta A, Bertolotto F, Vázquez ML. Care continuity across levels of care perceived by patients with chronic conditions in six Latin-American countries. Gaceta Sanitaria. 2021;35(5):411

Esteve-Matalí L, Vargas I, Cots F, Ramon I, Sánchez E, Escosa A, Vázquez ML. ¿La integración de la gestión de servicios sanitarios mejora la coordinación clínica? Experiencia en Cataluña. Gaceta Sanitaria. 2021

López-Vazquez J, Pérez-Martínez DE, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Barreras y factores asociados al uso de mecanismos de coordinación entre niveles de atención en México. Cadernos Saúde Pública. 2021;37(4):e00045620

Mendes LdS, Almeida PF, Santos AM, Samico IC, Porto JP, Vázquez ML. Experiencia de coordinación del cuidado entre médicos de la atención primaria y especializada y factores relacionados. Cad. Saúde Pública. 2021;37(5):e00149520

Esteve-Matalí L, Vargas I, Amigo F, Plaja P, Cots F, Mayer EF, Pérez-Castejón JM, Vázquez ML. Understanding how to improve the use of clinical coordination mechanisms between primary and secondary care doctors: Clues from Catalonia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(6):3224

Vargas I, Eguiguren P, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Samico I, Bertolotto F, López-Vázquez J, Vázquez ML. Can care coordination across levels be improved through the implementation of participatory action research interventions? Outcomes and conditions for sustaining changes in five Latin American countries. BMC Health Services Research. 2020;941

León-Arce HG, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Changes in knowledge and use of clinical coordination mechanisms between care levels in healthcare networks of Colombia. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 2020

Vargas I, Eguiguren P, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Bertolotto F, Samico I, López J, De Paepe P, Vázquez ML. Understanding the factors influencing the implementation of participatory interventions to improve care coordination. An analytical framework based on an evaluation in Latin America. Health Policy and Planning. 2020;35(8):962-972

Esteve-Matalí L, Vargas I, Sánchez E, Ramón I, Plaja P, Vázquez, ML. Do primary and secondary care doctors have a different experience and perception of cross-level clinical coordination? Results of a cross-sectional study in the Catalan National Health System (Spain). BMC Family Practice. 2020;21:135

Miranda-Mendizábal A, Vargas I, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Eguiguren P, Samico I, López J, Bertolotto F, Amarilla D, Vázquez ML. Conocimiento y uso de mecanismos de coordinación clínica de servicios de salud de Latinoamérica. Gaceta Sanitaria. 2020;34(4):340-349

Gallego-Ardila AD, Pinzón-Rondón AM, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Cardozo CX, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Care coordination in two of Bogota's public healthcare networks: A cross-sectional study among doctors. International Journal of Care Coordination. 2019;22(3-4):127-139

León-Arce HG, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Factores que influyen en el uso de mecanismos de coordinación entre niveles asistenciales en Colombia. Gaceta Sanitaria. 2019

Ferreira CR, Samico I, De Medeiros MF, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Conocimiento y uso de mecanismos para la coordinación clínica entre niveles de asistencia en dos redes de atención de salud en Pernambuco, Brasil. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 2019;35(4):e00119318

Puzzolo J, Amarilla DI, Colautti M, Moreno MJ, De Paepe P, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Coordinación de la atención entre niveles y sus factores asociados en dos subredes de la Red Municipal de Salud de la ciudad de Rosario, Argentina. Revista de Salud Pública, 2019;23(1),26-40

Vázquez ML, Vargas I, Romero A, Sánchez E, Ramon I, Plaja P, Avecilla A, Morral R. Adapting the COORDENA questionnaire for measuring clinical coordination across health care levels in the public health system of Catalonia (Spain). Public Health Panorama. 2018;4(4):653-664

Waibel S, Vargas I, Coderch J, Vázquez ML. Relational continuity with primary and secondary care doctors: a qualitative study of perceptions of users of the Catalan national health system. BMC Health Services Research. 2018;18:257.

Vargas I, Garcia-Subirats I, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Ferreira M, Eguiguren P, Cisneros AI, Muruaga MC, Bertolotto F, Vázquez ML. Understanding communication breakdown in the outpatient referral process in Latin America: a cross-sectional study on the use of clinical correspondence in public healthcare networks of six countries. Health Policy and Planning. 2018;33(4):494-504.

Aller MB, Vargas I, Coderch J, Calero S, Cots F, Abizanda M, Colomés L, Farré J, Vázquez ML. Doctors' opinions on clinical coordination between primary and secondary care in the Catalan healthcare system. Gaceta Sanitaria. 2019;33(1):66-73

Aller MB, Vargas I, Coderch J, Vázquez ML. Doctors' opinion on the contribution of coordination mechanisms to improving clinical coordination between primary and outpatient secondary care in the Catalan national health system. BMC Health Services Research. 2017;17:842

Vázquez ML, Vargas I, Garcia-Subirats I, Unger JP, De Paepe P, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Samico I, Eguiguren P, Cisneros AI, Huerta A, Muruaga MC, Bertolotto F. Doctors' experience of coordination across care levels and associated factors. A Cross-sectional study in public healthcare networks of six Latin American countries. Soc.Sci.Med. 2017;182:10-19

Vargas I, Garcia-Subirats I, Mogollón-Peréz AS, De Paepe P, da silva MRF, Unger JP, aller MB, Vázquez ML. Patient perceptions of continuity of health care and associated factors. Cross-sectional study in municipalities of central Colombia and north-eastern Brasil. Health Policy and Planning. 2017;32(4)549-562

Waibel S, Vargas I, Aller MB, Coderch J, Farré J, Vázquez ML. Continuity of clinical management and information across care levels: perceptions of users of different healthcare areas in the Catalan national health System. BMC Health Services Research. 2016;16:466

Vargas I, Mogollón-Pérez A, De Paepe P, da Silva MRF, Unger JP, Vázquez ML. Barriers to healthcare coordination in market-based and decentralized public health systems: a qualitative study in healthcare networks of Colombia and Brazil. Health Policy Plan. 2016;31(6):736-748

Vázquez ML, Vargas I, Unger JP, De Paepe P, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Albuquerque P, Eguiguren P, Cisneros AI, Rovere M, Bertolotto F. Evaluating the effectiveness of care integration strategies in different health care systems in Latin America: the EQUITY-LA II quasi-experimental study protocol. BMJ Open. 2015;5:e007037

Aller MB, Vargas I, Coderch J, Calero S, Cots F, Abizanda M, Farré J, Llopart JR, Colomés Ll, Vázquez ML. Development and testing of indicators to measure coordination of clinical information and management across levels of care. BMC Health Services Research. 2015;15:323

Waibel S, Vargas I, Aller MB, Gusmão R, Henao D, Vázquez ML. The performance of integrated health care networks in continuity of care: a qualitative multiple case study of COPD patients. International Journal of Integrated Care. 2015;15(3)

Vargas I, Mogollón-Pérez AS, De Paepe P, da Silva MRF, Unger JP, Vázquez ML. Do existing mechanisms contribute to improvements in care coordination across levels of care in health services networks? Opinions of health personnel in Colombia and Brazil. BMC Health Services Research. 2015;15:213

Vargas I, Mogollón-Pérez AS, Unger JP, da Silva MRF, De Paepe P, Vázquez ML. Regional-based Integrated Healthcare Network policy in Brazil: from formulation to practice. Health Policy Plan. 2015;30(6):705-17

Garcia-Subirats I, Aller MB, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Adaptación y validación de la escala CCAENA© para evaluar la continuidad asistencial entre niveles de atención en Colombia y Brasil. Gac Sanit. 2015;29:88-96

Aller MB, Vargas I, Garcia-Subirats I, Coderch J, Colomés Ll, Llopart JR, Ferran M, Sánchez-Pérez I, Vázquez ML. A tool for assessing continuity of care across care levels: an extended psychometric validation of the CCAENA questionnaire. Int J Integr Care. 2013;13:e050

Aller MB, Colomé JM, Waibel S, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. A first approach to differences in continuity of care perceived by immigrants and natives in the Catalan public healthcare system. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2013;10(4):1474-1488

Aller MB, Vargas I, Waibel S, Coderch J, Sánchez-Pérez I, Colomés Ll, Llopart JR, Ferran M, Vázquez ML. A comprehensive analysis of patients perceptions of continuity of care and their associated factors. Int J Quality Health Care. 2013;25(3):291-9

Aller MB, Vargas I, Waibel S, Coderch-Lassaletta J, Sánchez-Pérez I, Llopart JR, Colomés Ll, Ferran M, Garcia-Subirats I, Vázquez ML. Factors associated to experienced continuity of care between primary and outpatient secondary care in the Catalan public healthcare system. Gac Sanit. 2013;27(3):207-13

Aller MB, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Available tools to comprehensively assess continuity of care from the patients' perspective. J Clin Epidemiol. 2012; 65:(5): 578-579

Vázquez ML, Vargas I, Nuño R, Toro N. Organizaciones sanitarias integradas y otros ejemplos de colaboración entre proveedores. Informe SESPAS 2012. Gac Sanit. 2012; 26(S): 94-101

Waibel S, Henao D, Aller MB, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. What do we know about patients' perceptions of continuity of care? A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011; 24(1):39-48

Aller MB, Vargas I, Sánchez-Pérez I, Henao D, Coderch J, Llopart JR, Ferran M, Colomés L, Vázquez ML. La continuidad asistencial entre niveles percibida por los usuarios del sistema de salud catalán. Rev Esp Salud Publica. 2010;84(4):371-387

Letelier MJ, Aller MB, Henao D, Sánchez-Pérez I, Vargas I, Coderch J, Llopart JR, Ferran M, Colomés L, Vázquez ML. Diseño y validación de un cuestionario para medir la continuidad asistencial entre niveles desde la perspectiva del usuario: CCAENA. Gac Sant. 2010;24(4):339-346

Vargas I, Vázquez ML, Henao D, Farré J.  De la competència a la col·laboració. Experiència en la integració assistencial a Catalunya. Fulls Econ Sist Sanit. 2009;38:27-37

Vázquez ML, Vargas I, Unger JP, Mogollón AS, da Silva MRF, Paepe P. Integrated healthcare networks in Latin America: a framework for analysis. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2009;26(4):360-7

Henao D, Vázquez ML, Vargas I. Factores que influyen en la coordinación entre niveles asistenciales según la opinión de directivos y profesionales sanitarios. Gac Sanit. 2009;23(4):280-6

Henao D, Vázquez ML, Vargas I, Coderch J, Llopart JR. Integración asistencial de dos organizaciones en Cataluña. Rev Salud Publica (Bogota). 2008;10(1): 33-48

Vargas I, Vázquez ML. Barreras y facilitadores de la coordinación asistencial en dos organizaciones sanitarias integradas en Cataluña. Gaceta Sanitaria. 2007; 21(2): 114-123

Vargas I, Farré J, Vázquez ML. La confusión en torno al concepto de gerencia única: un caso de sinécdoque. Atención Primaria 2007; 39(5):275

Terraza-Núñez R, Vargas I, Vázquez ML. La coordinación entre niveles asistenciales: una sistematización de sus instrumentos y medidas. Gaceta Sanitaria. 2006;20(6):485-95

Vázquez ML, Vargas I. Redes integradas de servicios de salud, ¿solución o problema? Rev Cienc Salud. 2006; 4(1): 5-9. (Editorial)

Vázquez ML, Vargas I, Farré J, Terraza-Núñez R. Organizaciones sanitarias integradas: una guía para el análisis. Rev Esp Salud Publica. 2005;79:633-643