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Preferred term

Delivery of Health Care, Integrated  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A health care system which combines physicians, hospitals, and other medical services with a health plan to provide the complete spectrum of medical care for its customers. In a fully integrated system, the three key elements - physicians, hospital, and health plan membership - are in balance in terms of matching medical resources with the needs of purchasers and patients. (Coddington et al., Integrated Health Care: Reorganizing the Physician, Hospital and Health Plan Relationship, 1994, p7)

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In other languages

  • French

  • Délivrance de soins de santé intégrés
  • Délivrance intégrée de soins de santé
  • Distribution de soins de santé intégrés
  • Distribution intégrée de soins de santé
  • Prestation de soins de santé intégrés

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