The breadth of primary care: A systematic literature review of its core dimensions

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kringos, Dionne S ^a   Boerma, Wienke Gw ^a   Hutchinson, Allen ^b   Van Der Zee, Jouke ^a,d   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77949458139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-65     Document Type: Article

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