Challenges and opportunities for integration in health systems: An Australian perspective

Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 347-359

  Petrich, Mark ^a   Ramamurthy, Vijaya L ^b   Hendrie, Delia ^a   Robinson, Suzanne ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WA Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Barriers to integration; Health policy; Health system integration; Integrated care; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890034127     PISSN: 14769018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JICA-09-2013-0037     Document Type: Article

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