Preserving Care Delivery in Hard-to-Serve Regions: A Case Study of a Population Health System in the Swiss Lower Engadin
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.3353 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 14, 2017
Accepted on: Jun 19, 2018
Published on: Jul 3, 2018
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