Viewpoint: Developing integrated clinical programs: It's what academic health centers should do better than anyone. So why don't they?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-65

  Levin, Steven A ^a   Saxton, Jonathan W F ^b   Johns, Michael M E ^c,d  

^a Chartis Group   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University Administration Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 37649004246     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31815c683a     Document Type: Review

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