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Models for integrating and managing acute and long-term care services in rural areas
Author(s)Andrew F Coburn
Journal titleJournal of Applied Gerontology, vol 20, no 4, December 2001
Pagespp 386-408
KeywordsHealth services ; Long term ; Coordination ; Rural areas ; United States of America.
AnnotationUS States and the federal government are searching for new managed-care strategies, such as capitated financing and co-ordinated case management, that integrate the financing and delivery of primary, acute and long-term care services. For rural communities, the development of organizational and delivery systems, which better integrate and manage these services, may help to tackle long-standing problems of limited access to long-term care services. This article discusses the concept of integrated acute (medical) and long-term care service networks; model programmes; challenges that health care providers, state policy makers and others have faced in developing these new integrated structures; and the future of service integration and co-ordination approaches in rural areas. (KJ/RH).
Accession NumberCPA-020319203 A
ClassmarkL: 4Q: QAJ: RL: 7T

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