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Providing public health services through an integrated delivery system.

Keener, S R; Baker, J W; Mays, G P.

Qual Manag Health Care ; 5(2): 27-34, 1997.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10166210

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This article examines a recently implemented strategy to transfer responsibility for local public health service delivery from a county health department to a hospital-based integrated delivery system. Innovative quality management efforts at both local and state levels offer opportunities for sustained improvement in the availability and adequacy of public health services under this arrangement.

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Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration , Models, Organizational , Privatization/organization & administration , Public Health Administration/trends , Contract Services/organization & administration , Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/standards , Governing Board , Hospitals, State/organization & administration , Hospitals, State/standards , Humans , North Carolina , Organizational Innovation , Privatization/economics , Public Health Administration/standards , Regional Health Planning/organization & administration , Regional Health Planning/standards , Total Quality Management

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