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.
1. equator-an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres. great circle-a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center.. the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis and everywhere equidistant from the poles. 2. the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. 3. a circle separating a surface into two congruent parts. 4. celestial equator.