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Primary and secondary care integration.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7970339     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Integration of primary and secondary health care is a goal of the 1993 New Zealand health reforms. Focus groups were selected to raise options and stimulate improved integration between primary and secondary care in the Auckland metropolitan and rural areas. Cooperation, communication, coordination, were considered relevant. Several detailed recommendations were produced. They fell into six groups; (1) liaison committees or meetings, (2) communication, (3) referral admission discharge, (4) joint ventures, (5) horizontal integration and (6) general. A key recommendation was that regional health authorities should fund liaison committees or functions to promote inter provider integration. The findings of the focus groups are placed in context of the wider requirements for integration. These are integrated funding, integrated information systems, integrated purchasing and utilisation management.
Authors:
I R McCormick; M A Boyd
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The New Zealand medical journal     Volume:  107     ISSN:  0028-8446     ISO Abbreviation:  N. Z. Med. J.     Publication Date:  1994 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-11-28     Completed Date:  1994-11-28     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401067     Medline TA:  N Z Med J     Country:  NEW ZEALAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  425-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Northern Regional Health Authority, Auckland.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Communication
Community-Institutional Relations
Cooperative Behavior
Delivery of Health Care
Focus Groups
Health Services Accessibility
Hospital-Patient Relations
Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations
New Zealand
Patient Admission
Patient Discharge
Primary Health Care*
Referral and Consultation*
Regional Medical Programs

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