The impact of the financial crisis on the quality of care in primary care: An issue that requires prompt attention

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 269-273

  Lionis, Christos ^a   Petelos, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; GREECE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; STANDARDS; EDITORIAL; STANDARD;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; GREECE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84886711786     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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