Health system redesign: How to make health care person-centered, equitable, and sustainable

Health System Redesign: How to Make Health Care Person-Centered, Equitable, and Sustainable

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 1-297

  Sturmberg, Joachim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equitable health care; Health care reform; Health equity; Health reform; Health system; Health system analysis; Health system redesign; Healthcare; Healthcare books; Healthcare design; Healthcare redesign; New health system; Patient centered care; Public health; Sustainable healthcare; Value based healthcare

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045413087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64605-3     Document Type: Book

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