Bridging knowledge to develop an action plan for integrated care for chronic diseases in Greece

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 15, Issue DECEMBER2015, 2015, Pages

  Tsiachristas, Apostolos ^a   Lionis, Christos ^b   Yfantopoulos, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Economic crisis; Greece; Integrated care; Policy reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944910171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.2228     Document Type: Article

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