Coordination between primary and secondary healthcare in Denmark and Sweden

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wadmann, Sarah ^a   Strandberg Larsen, Martin ^a   Vrangbæk, Karsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Barriers; Coordination; Denmark; Policy initiatives; Primary healthcare sector; Secondary healthcare sector; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893444960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.302     Document Type: Article

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