Cross-border health activities in the Euregios: Good practice for better health

Health Policy

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 245-254

  Brand, Helmut ^a   Hollederer, Alfons ^a   Wolf, Ulrike ^a   Brand, Angela ^b  

^a Institute of Public Health NRW   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross border cooperation; Euregio; Euroregion; Health policy; Health project; Interreg

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 40849083837     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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