Development of a primary care-based complex care management intervention for chronically ill patients at high risk for hospitalization: A study protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Freund, Tobias ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a,b   Mahler, Cornelia ^a   Gensichen, Jochen ^c   Erler, Antje ^d   Beyer, Martin ^d   Gerlach, Ferdinand M ^d   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a   Peters Klimm, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d Institute of General Practice   (Germany)

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EID: 77956702067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-70     Document Type: Article

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