COMMUNITY ORIENTED PRIMARY CARE: A PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Chapter 2 BACKGROUND -- ORIGIN OF THE STUDY -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- Issues in COPC -- What is COPC? -- Who practices COPC? -- How is COPC Practiced? -- Are Some Environments More Conducive to COPC? -- How Does COPC Affect the Health of the Community? -- What Does COPC Cost? -- What Next In COPC? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 STUDY METHODS -- PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY -- METHODS AND APPROACHES -- Development of an Operational Definition -- Study Site Selection -- Site Visit Methods -- LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 AN OPERATIONAL MODEL OF COMMUNITY-ORIENTED PRIMARY CARE -- THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF COPC -- The Practice of Primary Care -- The Community -- FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE COPC PROCESS -- Defining and Characterizing the Community -- Identifying Community Health Problems -- Modifying the Health Care Program -- Monitoring the Impact of Program Modifications -- IMPLICATIONS OF THE MODEL -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 ANALYSIS OF CURRENT PRACTICES -- SUMMARY OF PRACTICES ENGAGED IN COPC -- CHARACTERISTICS OF COPC STUDY SITES -- THE SEVEN STUDY SITES -- Checkerboard Area Health System -- Crow Hill Family Medicine Center -- East Boston Neighborhood Health Center -- Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program of Oregon -- Montefiore Family Health Center -- Sells Service Unit of the Indian Health Service -- Tarboro-Edgecombe Health Services System -- CROSS-CASE ANALYSIS -- The Structural Elements -- The Community -- The Primary Care Practice -- The Functions of COPC -- Definition and Characterization of the Community -- Identification of Community Health Problems -- Modification of the Health Care Program -- Monitoring the Impact of Program Modifications -- The Costs of COPC.

The Impact of COPC -- Quantitative Techniques for COPC -- Data Systems for COPC -- Higher-order COPC -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSION 1 -- CONCLUSION 2 -- CONCLUSION 3 -- CONCLUSION 4 -- CONCLUSION 5 -- RECOMMENDATION 1 -- RECOMMENDATION 2 -- ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS -- Community Involvement -- Short-term Development of COPC -- REFERENCES.