Impact on continuity of care of decentralized versus partly centralized mental health care in Northern Norway

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Myklebust, Lars Henrik ^a   Olstad, Reidun ^b   Bjorbekkmo, Svein ^a   Eisemann, Martin ^c   Wynn, Rolf ^c   Sørgaard, Knut ^a  

^a NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Hospitalization; Integration; Outpatients; Psychiatry; Service models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921373417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.674     Document Type: Article

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