Community-Integrated Intermediary Care (CIIC) Service Model to Enhance Family-Based, Long-Term Care for Older People: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Thailand

Myo Nyein Aung   ¹ , MBBS, MSc, PhD ;   Saiyud Moolphate   ² , MPH, PhD ;   Motoyuki Yuasa   ^{3, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Thin Nyein Nyein Aung   ⁴ , MBBS, MMedSc, PhD ;   Yuka Koyanagi   ⁵ , MSc, PhD ;   Siripen Supakankunti   ⁶ , PhD ;   Ishtiaq Ahmad   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Ryoma Kayano   ⁷ , MD ;   Paul Ong   ⁷ , PhD

¹ Advanced Research Institute for Health Sciences and Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

² Department of Public Health, Faculty of Science and Technology, Chiang Mai Rajabhat University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

³ Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

⁴ Department of Public Health, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

⁵ Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

⁶ Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

⁷ Centre for Health Development, World Health Organisation, Kobe, Japan