Excerpt from Recommendations for the Medi-Cal Managed Care Program: Submitted to the California Department of Health Services, February 8, 1994 Health outcome. As well as intermediate service and process data, are required to ensure services are appropriate and effective for the population(s) served and that they meet the cultural and linguistic needs of the diverse client populations of the medi-cal Managed Care Programs. Information on the relationship between health status and the population characteristics of race, ethnicity, and culture is particularly crucial. While evidence of the importance of this relationship is compelling, better systematic documentation and reporting of this type of data is necessary if the health care plans are to appropriately design and modify their programs and services to more effectively impact the health outcome of diverse population groups. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.