This 2015 article was one of the first to articulate the concept of differentiated care, which the authors characterize as “a new framework based on variable intensities of care tailored to the specific needs of different groups of individuals across the cascade of care.” They describe the rationale and challenges of differentiated care, noting “to take the framework to scale, it will be important to define which individuals can be served by an alternative delivery framework; strengthen health systems that support decentralization, integration, and task shifting; make the supply chain more robust; and invest in data systems for patient tracking and program monitoring and evaluation.”
