Integrated care in Norway: The state of affairs years after regulation by law

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bjerkan, Jorunn ^a   Richter, Marie ^a   Grimsmo, Anders ^a   Hellesø, Ragnhild ^b   Brender, Jytte ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Health planning; Health policy; Individual care plan; Patient care management; Patient centred care; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877939918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.530     Document Type: Article

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