Community-based health care:a different approach to health outcomes

Health sector organisations are undergoing a period of fundamental change. Oneset of changes is about increasing the capacity of the system to provide integratedclient care. This paper discusses the practices that community health care workershave used to approach some basic issues of service integration. Although thediscussion is about practices in community health, the issues are important for healthcare providers, managers and policy-makers throughout the health care system.