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Delivery of Health Care, Integrated MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Tree Number(s)
N04.590.374.142
N05.300.262
Unique ID
D019033
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019033
Annotation
specify geog if pertinent
Scope Note
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)
Entry Term(s)
Integrated Delivery Systems
Integrated Health Care Systems
NLM Classification #
W 84
Previous Indexing
Delivery of Health Care (1985-1995)
Public MeSH Note
96
History Note
96
Date Established
1996/01/01
Date of Entry
1995/05/26
Revision Date
2018/06/29
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated Preferred
Integrated Delivery Systems Related
Integrated Health Care Systems Related
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