integration

 Write a 3- to 4-page paper in which you:  

Compare the horizontally integrated health system and the vertically integrated health system you have selected (e.g., size, settings/locations, and types of services). Explain each health system’s rationale for pursuing integration and the strategies it has used to achieve integration. Assess the business and health care-related implications of integration for your selected health systems, including how integration impacts the patients/consumers the organization serves.