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Third Sector Organisations’ Contributions to the Health and Care Ecosystem Cover

Third Sector Organisations’ Contributions to the Health and Care Ecosystem

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 25 (2025): Issue 3
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Open Access
|Aug 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.9813 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 23, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 16, 2025
Published on: Aug 6, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
health and care ecosystems,
value contribution,
co-production,
third sector organisations,
integrated care

© 2025 Sanna Tuurnas, Henna Paananen, Anna-Aurora Kork, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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