Are Primary Care Services a Substitute or Complement for Specialty and Inpatient Services?
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Organizing care across the continuum: primary care, specialty services, acute and long-term care.
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Services Research
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0017-9124,1475-6773
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00424.x