Health Centers and Regionalization

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Abstract
The views of Joseph W. Mountin on the multiplicity of autonomous health agencies as the chief obstacle to efficient public health service are described. Mountin felt that regionalization of health services under a central administrative body was required to improve existing services. His contributions to the evolution of public health thinking include a plan for the coordination of hospitals and health centers, an estimate of future physician requirements, and a plan for the coordination of public health areas and hospital facilities on a nation-wide basis. It is concluded that public health services in the U. S. in 1975 will be improved in proportion to the extent to which Mountin''s -recommendations for integration are followed.

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