Open AccessCommunity-Oriented Primary Care in Action: A Dallas Story
Author(s) -
S. Pickens,
Paul J. Boumbulian,
Ron J. Anderson,
Samuel Ross,
Sharon Phillips
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.92.11.1728
Subject(s) - prioritization , primary care , community health , politics , action (physics) , environmental health , public administration , business , public health , gerontology , political science , medicine , nursing , process management , family medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , law
Dallas County, Texas, is the site of the largest urban application of the community-oriented primary care (COPC) model in the United States. We summarize the development and implementation of Dallas's Parkland Health & Hospital System COPC program. The complexities of implementing and managing this comprehensive community-based program are delineated in terms of Dallas County's political environment and the components of COPC (assessment, prioritization, community collaboration, health care system, evaluation, and financing). Steps to be taken to ensure the future growth and development of the Dallas program are also considered. The COPC model, as implemented by Parkland, is replicable in other urban areas.