Primary care in the driver's seat? Organisational reform in European primary care
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Is primary care capable of taking a dominant role in running the whole health care system? This challenging question is what makes this book interesting and takes the debate one step ahead in the discussion of solely strengthening primary care, however important. In doing so, it affects the heart of integrated care; how to improve the clinical coherence and coordination that in the end leads to a patient led health service.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007