Measurement of integrated healthcare delivery: A systematic review of methods and future research directions

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Strandberg Larsen, Martin ^a   Krasnik, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Integrated healthcare delivery; Literature review; Methods; Quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992147376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.305     Document Type: Article

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