Integration of care systems in Portugal: Anatomy of recent reforms

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 14, Issue JUL/SEP, 2014, Pages

  Santana, Silvina ^a,b   Szczygiel, Nina ^b   Redondo, Patrícia ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c Hospital Infante D Pedro EPE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Care systems integration; Health care reform; Portugal; Social care reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904597685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.989     Document Type: Article

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