Organizing integrated care for older persons: Strategies in sweden during the past decade

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 128-151

  Berglund, Helene ^a,b   Blomberg, Staffan ^b,c   Dunér, Anna ^b,d   Kjellgren, Karin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Integratied care strategies; Integration; Older people; Organizational structures; Strategy; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84923383894     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JHOM-04-2013-0082     Document Type: Article

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