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Integrated People-Centred Care in Canada – Policies, Standards, and Implementation Tools to Improve Outcomes Cover

Integrated People-Centred Care in Canada – Policies, Standards, and Implementation Tools to Improve Outcomes

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 22 (2022): Issue 1
By: Patricia Sullivan-Taylor,  Esther Suter,  Samantha Laxton,  Nelly D. Oelke and  Emma Park  
Open Access
|Feb 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5943 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 15, 2021
Accepted on: Jan 27, 2022
Published on: Feb 4, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
integrated care,
people-centred,
health systems integration,
policy,
standards,
co-design

© 2022 Patricia Sullivan-Taylor, Esther Suter, Samantha Laxton, Nelly D. Oelke, Emma Park, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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