A fully integrated delivery system is one that unites a financing group with all providers from hospitals, clinics, and physicians to home care and long-term care facilities to pharmacies. Integration is being driven by the need to bring all the components of the delivery system together to create a single point of accountability.
Geopolitics (from Greek Î³á¿ gÃª earth, land and ÏÎ¿Î»Î¹ÏÎ¹ÎºÎ® politiká¸ politics) is the study of the effects of geography (human and physical) on politics and international relations.
the branch of applied mathematics that studies the measurement and shape and area of large tracts, the exact position of geographical points, and the curvature, shape, and dimensions of the earth. Also called geodetics. â geodesist, n. â geodetic, geodetical, adj.