title: Establishing a community health focus in perinatal nursing practice within a capitated environment.
abstract: In this article, a model of care delivery is proposed that establishes a framework for meeting the health care needs of urban-dwelling women and children by organizing nursing care providers in a variety of delivery systems to balance access, quality, and cost. The program, intended as a component of an integrated health care network, illustrates the potential for nursing to assume a dominant role in providing health care services to a high-risk, high-cost population within a capitated environment.
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authors.lastname: Kirby
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010500:Perinatology; D011247:Pregnancy