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AJPH OCTOBER, 1972, Vol. 62, No. 10 Douglas R. Brown, D.P.A. If it doesn't, who is going to control the development of community health services? I would like to examine briefly the two trends, regulation and corporate systems, and discuss their implications for planning. Regulation in Health Planning The trend in the country toward the regulatory approach to health planning is quite apparent. A number of states have legislated increased sanctions for the control of health service construction. New York's, Folsom Act has been in operation since 1966 while recent California legislation probably goes further than any other state in formalizing licensing provisions by mandating areawide agencies and providing for public hearings, cross examination of witnesses, written findings, and appeal procedures.4 This move towards regulation results from the sense of urgency in controlling the rise in health care costs and in providing more effective delivery programs. Probably just as crucial in this trend is our growing impatience with planning efforts. The areawide approach based on voluntary institutional and community planning processes involving a wide variety of groups and individuals is painfully slow in producing results, and the attraction of the regulatory approach is all too real. We must
American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association
Published: Oct 1, 1972
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