Research challenges for family medicine in a changing Europe. Reflections afteran EGPRN conference on multimorbidity (Dubrovnik, 2009)

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 233-237

  Švab, Igor ^a   Van Weel, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EUROPE; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 82055176874     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2011.601413     Document Type: Article

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