title: Making integrated health care work.
abstract: This article summarizes the authors' thinking on value added in health care, and offers examples of the major strategies being implemented by integrated systems across the United States to increase their value and improve their competitive positioning. The research results are based on a review of published literature on 150 health care organizations in various stages of integration, and 20 in-depth case studies of integrating systems.
authors.affiliation: BBC Research & Consulting, Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Coddington
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D004465:Economic Competition; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D007449:Investments; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States