Delivering Health Care Comprehensively.

Delivering Health Care Comprehensively

Brotman, R., D. Hutson, I. Silverman, and F. Suffet. Delivering Health Care Comprehensively. New York: Praeger, 1991.

The increasing fragmentation and rising costs of medical care highlight the need for new approaches, especially the need for alternatives for the delivery of a full range of services at the local level. This book is the first to offer a model for a comprehensive community-based health practice that can compete effectively in the health care market. In their analysis of a health center affiliated with New York Medical College, the authors present systematic profiles of every aspect of operation, together with anecdotal accounts contributed by physicians, nursing staff, patients, and those responsible for third-party payment.

The authors begin with an overview of the organization, its philosophy, and guiding principles. In separate chapters they describe...