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Analysing a Chinese Regional Integrated Healthcare Organisation Reform Failure using a Complex Adaptive System Approach Cover

Analysing a Chinese Regional Integrated Healthcare Organisation Reform Failure using a Complex Adaptive System Approach

By: Wenxi Tang,  Lai Wei and  Liang Zhang  
Open Access
|Jun 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.2420 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 8, 2015
Accepted on: May 17, 2017
Published on: Jun 19, 2017
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2017 Wenxi Tang, Lai Wei, Liang Zhang, published by Ubiquity Press
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