Combined horizontal and vertical integration of care: A goal of practice-based commissioning

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 425-432

  Thomas, Paul ^a   Meads, Geoffrey ^b   Moustafa, Ahmet ^a   Nazareth, Irwin ^c   Stange, Kurt C ^d   Hess, Gertrude Donnelly ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated healthcare systems; Organisation; Organisational objectives; Practice based commissioning; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANAGED CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 58149288172     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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