Revitalizing primary health care and family medicine/primary care in India - Disruptive innovation?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 873-880

  Biswas, Rakesh ^a   Joshi, Ankur ^a   Joshi, Rajeev ^b   Kaufman, Terry ^c   Peterson, Chris ^d   Sturmberg, Joachim P ^e,f   Maitra, Arjun ^a   Martin, Carmel M ^g  

^a People s College of Medical Sciences and Research Centre   (India)

^b Shree Hospital   (India)

^c Community Health Centre ^*  (Canada)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^g NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complexity; Disruptive innovation; Health inequalities; India; Organizational change; Primary care; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INDIA; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; INDIA; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349479460     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01271.x     Document Type: Review

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