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Integrating Health and Care in China: Lessons Learned and Future Outlook

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 21 (2021): Issue S2
By: Linlin Hu,  Ye-Fan Wang Glavin,  Runnan Yan,  Chenyang Pei,  Mudan Yan,  Yu’ou Zhang and  Yuanli Liu  
Open Access
|Nov 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5681 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 31, 2020
Accepted on: Sep 20, 2021
Published on: Nov 8, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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Keywords:
integration,
health and care policy,
China

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