Integrated models or mayhem? Lessons learnt from three integrated primary health care entities in regional New South Wales

Australian Health Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 595-604

  May, Jenny ^a   Cooper, Rodney ^a   Magin, Parker ^b   Critchley, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c North Wyong Integrated Primary Health Care Research and Academic Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149237809     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH080595     Document Type: Review

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