Development and implementation of an integrated chronic disease model in South Africa: Lessons in the management of change through improving the quality of clinical practice

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 15, Issue OCTOBER-DECEMBER2015, 2015, Pages

  Mahomed, Ozayr Haroon ^a   Asmall, Shaidah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b National Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Case management; Continuous quality improvement; HIV AIDS; Integrated chronic disease management; Noncommunicable diseases; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944145073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.1454     Document Type: Article

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