Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
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)
Year introduced: 1996
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Tree Number(s): N04.590.374.142, N05.300.262
MeSH Unique ID: D019033
Entry Terms:
- Integrated Delivery Systems
- Delivery System, Integrated
- Delivery Systems, Integrated
- Integrated Delivery System
- System, Integrated Delivery
- Systems, Integrated Delivery
- Integrated Health Care Systems
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