Source: Institute of Medicine 1984
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Community Oriented Primary Care
"A marriage of the principles of epidemiology and the practice of primary care"
Paul A. Nutting, MD
1987
Community Oriented Primary Care
"The reunion of the traditions of Public Health and Personal Clinical Health Services"
Fitzhugh Mullan, MD
1982
Global Perspective
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Local Perspective
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Defined Community
Public Health Practice Primary Care Practice |
Issues from Public Health
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Issues from Primary Care
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Defining the Community
A Definition of COPC
| Community Oriented primary care is defined as the provision of primary care services to a defined community, coupled with systematic efforts to identify and address the major health problems of that community through effective modifications in both the primary care services and other appropriate community health programs. |
Source: Institute of Medicine 1984
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the Community |
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C O P C |
Making
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COPC Process
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COPC PROCESS
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