The failure of the group model: a case study.
In 1975 the Cincinnati Board of Health introduced group practice as a way of delivering health care to the indigent. In spite of encouraging initial results, five years later the model failed. Its failure offers lessons and useful insight to health care administrators.
D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008489:Medical Indigency; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009820:Ohio; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics