Integrated primary health care in Australia

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Davies, Gawaine Powell ^a   Perkins, David ^b   McDonald, Julie ^a   Williams, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Health policy; Integration; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953125579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.328     Document Type: Article

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