Measuring integrated care

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Strandberg Larsen, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DENMARK; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DENMARK; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79751518949     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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