title: Clinical integration in a population-based planning framework.
abstract: Population-based planning provides context and scope to the goal of clinical integration. It also is a transforming process for organizations and programs devoted to a hospital-centric care system, as well as source of language that can support collaboration among buyers, payers, providers, and community groups. At the clinical care level, population-based planning recognizes the differences in how people perceive health and use health care services, as an important corollary to understanding specific diseases and clinical service needs.
authors.affiliation: New Century Healthcare Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011634:Public Health