The planning and development of the New York City neighborhood family care centers.
Between 1967 and 1969 the New York City capital budget listed monies for the planning and construction of 15 new ambulatory care centers to provide comprehensive medical care to medically underserved areas of the city. Because of the urgent need, an effort was made in planning the centers to minimize the number of agency approvals. By adopting this approach, the appropriateness of the centers to their target populations became secondary to the process of negotiating the bureaucracy. In spite of this tactical decision, by 1970 construction had begun on only 1 center. This case study discusses the events from 1967 through 1969 that relate to the effort to expedite bureaucratic processing of the facilities.
D003151:Community Health Centers; D003153:Community Health Services; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D005380:Financing, Government; D006077:Government Agencies; D006275:Health Facility Planning; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City