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Facilitating Integration Through Team-Based Primary Healthcare: A Cross-Case Policy Analysis of Four Canadian Provinces

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 21 (2021): Issue S2
By: Alexandra Lukey,  Sharon Johnston,  Stephanie Montesanti,  Catherine Donnelly,  Paul Wankah,  Mylaine Breton,  Isabelle Gaboury,  Simone Parniak,  Caille Pritchard,  Shannon Berg,  Karin Maiwald,  Sara Mallinson,  Lee A. Green and  Nelly D. Oelke  
Open Access
|Nov 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5680 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 30, 2020
Accepted on: Sep 20, 2021
Published on: Nov 8, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Integration,
Integrated health services,
Interprofessional teams,
Primary healthcare,
Primary care,
Team-based care

© 2021 Alexandra Lukey, Sharon Johnston, Stephanie Montesanti, Catherine Donnelly, Paul Wankah, Mylaine Breton, Isabelle Gaboury, Simone Parniak, Caille Pritchard, Shannon Berg, Karin Maiwald, Sara Mallinson, Lee A. Green, Nelly D. Oelke, published by Ubiquity Press
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