Integrating care for older people with complex needs: Key insights and lessons from a seven-country cross-case analysis

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wodchis, Walter P ^a,b   Dixon, Anna ^c   Anderson, Geoff M ^a,b   Goodwin, Nick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Centre for Ageing Better   (United Kingdom)

^d International Foundation for Integrated Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Community and social care; Cross case synthesis; Integrated care; International comparisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948183962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.2249     Document Type: Article

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