Biomedical subjects

B Z Palmer

Publications and source records attributed to B Z Palmer.

2 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1978

Is a national model for health planning appropriate?

In this article, a "point-counterpoint" format is used to discuss a fundamental issue concerned with the design and implementation of P.L. 93-641. Dr. Cyril Roseman first examines some implementation obstacles and argues that basic forces are at work militating against effective implementation of an implicit national model, and he argues that multiple models for planning should be formulated under the existing law. Boyd Palmer then counters with a view that the existing national model is flexible enough to accommodate the basic forces without undertaking the drastic changes implied by Dr. Roseman.

Health Planning↗

PubMed1978

Use of quantitative approaches in plan development.

Health Planning as mandated by P.L. 93-641 requires considerable emphasis on technical procedures, especially during the development of the 5 year Health Systems Plans (HSP) and the one year Annual Implementation Plans (AIP). In addition, the State Health Plans and the State Medical Facilities Plans, which are to be developed in part on the basis of HSPs and AIPs of the Health Systems Agencies (HSAs) in each state, are expected to have solid quantitative documentation. The gap between these expectations and the state of the art reality are reviewed in this article.

Evaluation Studies as Topic↗