

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities. B. Structural Data Gaps: Suggestions for Action
There is a need for much more information that could be used to describe the health system both in terms of function and in how the relationships of its components are evolving in an era of consolidation, integration, and managed care. The needs in this area correspond to the resource and structural issues we discussed, and to the related concerns