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Do Integrated Community Psychiatry Services in Primary Health Care Settings Improve Continuity of Care? A Mixed-methods Study of Health Care Users’ Experiences in South Africa Cover

Do Integrated Community Psychiatry Services in Primary Health Care Settings Improve Continuity of Care? A Mixed-methods Study of Health Care Users’ Experiences in South Africa

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|Jul 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7721 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 5, 2023
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Accepted on: Jul 4, 2024
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Published on: Jul 18, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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