{"title":"Designing healthcare regions: a Canadian approach.","authors":"R L Smith, S Kokorudz, R Pohl","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Regionalizing healthcare delivery is a means to control rising costs and improve service delivery. The authors reviewed current and proposed healthcare regionalization models across Canada, and summarized their findings regarding several key factors. Their research on regionalization has led them to develop guidelines directed at those involved in planning and implementing healthcare regionalization.</p>","PeriodicalId":79679,"journal":{"name":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","volume":"4 6","pages":"10-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Regionalizing healthcare delivery is a means to control rising costs and improve service delivery. The authors reviewed current and proposed healthcare regionalization models across Canada, and summarized their findings regarding several key factors. Their research on regionalization has led them to develop guidelines directed at those involved in planning and implementing healthcare regionalization.