Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Synonyms
Delivery System, Integrated
Delivery Systems, Integrated
Integrated Delivery System
Integrated Delivery Systems
Integrated Health Care Systems
System, Integrated Delivery
Systems, Integrated Delivery
A health care system which combines physicians, hospitals, and other medical services with a health plan to provide the complete spectrum of medical care for its customers. In a fully integrated system, the three key elements - physicians, hospital, and health plan membership - are in balance in terms of matching medical resources with the needs of purchasers and patients. (Coddington et al., Integrated Health Care: Reorganizing the Physician, Hospital and Health Plan Relationship, 1994, p7)