La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-11101

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-11101 - Introduction

A. Most of the planning which appears throughout this document can be considered "area level planning" since analyses of the health status and the state's health system are presented with emphasis on area-specific differences and needs. Many of the implementation strategies planned for the 1982-87 period which appear in the preceding chapter are directed toward identified locales. In developing this look at area health needs, five core health system categories have been used along with the general category of health status and pertinent information from a number of sources synthesized. The Health System Plans and Annual Implementation Plans of the three Health System Agencies in the state were utilized, as well as planning documents of various state health-related agencies and organizations.

B. All recommended actions presented in this Section are not developed so specifically as to include identification of the change agent and the cost and manner through which change could be accomplished. Specific implementation planning is found in Chapter VI. Criteria through which health system resource goals will be implemented during 1122 review are found in Chapter IX. The recommended actions delineated in this chapter are needs which have been identified and to which attention should be drawn through all possible channels, public and private, individual and organizational. It is acknowledged that at this time resources are becoming scarcer and actions requiring excessive start-up costs or subsidy from tax-generated funds must be limited. It is not realistic or fair for this planning document to outline myriad desirable activities and programs and, by implication, point an accusing finger at those agencies and communities who may fail to accomplish the goals because of the unavailability of funds. The area level planning which appears in this Section is, therefore, a picture of ideal responses and initiatives of the health system.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-11101

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Management and Finance, LR 13:246 (April 1987).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with P.L. 93-641 as amended by P.L. 96-79, and R.S. 36:256(b).