scholarly journals Community Care of North Carolina: Improving Care Through Community Health Networks

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. Steiner ◽  
A. C. Denham ◽  
E. Ashkin ◽  
W. P. Newton ◽  
T. Wroth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Health Networks ◽  
Community Health Networks

How Should We Organise Community Health Services?

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hal Swerissen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Health Networks ◽  
General Direction ◽  
Functional Relations ◽  
Community Health Networks ◽  
The Creation

This paper reviews the organisation of Victorian community health services in the context of the general direction of reform for the Australian and Victorian health systems. It notes that the emphasis has shifted to a greater focus on improving the efficiency of the relationship between needs, resources, services and outcomes. Within this context, in addition to public health measures, national reforms have advocated the creation of funding and organisational arrangements around three service functions: general care, acute care and co-ordinated care. It is argued that the organisation of community services should be driven by these functional relations, not vice versa. The efficiency of vertical and horizontal integration and the creation of community health networks is considered in relation to transaction costs, organisational scale, transition costs and distributional equity. It is concluded that community health networks offer the most efficient model for the delivery of community based public health and general, acute and co-ordinated care services.

scholarly journals Editorial

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Heather Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Coordinated Care ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Health Networks ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Functional Relations ◽  
Community Health Networks ◽  
General Care

How should we organise community health services? This is the question posed by Swerissen in his paper in the Forum section of this issue. Within the context of reforms to the health system with an increased focus on improving efficiency, he argues that the organisation of community services should be driven by the functional relations between general care, acute care and co-ordinated care. The efficiency of vertical and horizontal integration and the creation of community health networks is considered in relation to a number of issues including distributional equity. He concludes that community health networks offer the most efficient model for the delivery of community based public health and general, acute and coordinated care services. It is hoped that this paper and the arguments presented will give rise to debate within the primary health care sector.

scholarly journals Modeling the sustainability of community health networks: novel approaches for analyzing collaborative organization partnerships across time

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A Manning ◽  
Aliccia Bollig-Fischer ◽  
Lisa Berry Bobovski ◽  
Peter Lichtenberg ◽  
Robert Chapman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Health Networks ◽  
Community Health Networks ◽  
Novel Approaches

scholarly journals Nikki’s Story Shows the Success of Community Care of North Carolina

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (Suppl) ◽  
pp. s19-s20
Author(s):  
William A. Pully ◽  
Robert W. Seligson
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Community Care
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