Primary care and care for older persons: Position Paper of the European Forum for Primary Care

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 369-389

  Boeckxstaens, Pauline ^a   De Graaf, Pim ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b European Forum for Primary Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health services research; Integrated care; International exchange; Older persons; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84856593684     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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