Ferguson M G, Berkeley L, Fourcher L, Guyton B, Reiner L R
Illinois Primary Health Care Association, Chicago 60605.
Henry Ford Hosp Med J. 1992;40(1-2):9-12.
The primary objective of the Health Care Linkage Project, funded by a grant from the Chicago Community Trust, is to develop, implement, and evaluate a primary health care linkage network within the city of Chicago that creates formalized linkages between community health centers, the Chicago Department of Health clinics, and hospitals. Six linkage networks are currently operational, with an additional two sites phased in during 1991. The success of the pilot project has been demonstrated by hundreds of patients receiving primary care and ancillary services on a more timely basis, by greater coordination between the public and private sector, by cost-savings to both patients and providers through reducing inappropriate use of services, and by a variety of spin-off projects which have improved the quality and accessibility of services. A second important objective is the development of a Health Care Linkage Manual that describes the practical experience and lessons gained from the linkages, the status of comparable arrangements in other U.S. cities, replicability of the linkage models, and recommendations for policy changes which will make linkages more effective.
由芝加哥社区信托基金资助的医疗保健联系项目的主要目标是，在芝加哥市建立、实施并评估一个初级医疗保健联系网络，该网络在社区卫生中心、芝加哥市卫生部门诊所和医院之间建立正式联系。目前有六个联系网络在运行，另外两个站点将于1991年分阶段投入使用。该试点项目的成功体现在数百名患者能更及时地获得初级保健和辅助服务，公共部门和私营部门之间的协调更加顺畅，通过减少服务的不当使用为患者和提供者节省了成本，以及开展了各种衍生项目，提高了服务质量和可及性。第二个重要目标是编写一本《医疗保健联系手册》，描述从这些联系中获得的实践经验和教训、美国其他城市类似安排的状况、联系模式的可复制性，以及关于政策变革的建议，这些变革将使联系更加有效。
