Barriers to Integration of Primary Care into Emergency Care: Experiences in Germany

Andrew Dickinson; Stefanie Joos

doi:10.5334/ijic.5442

Barriers to Integration of Primary Care into Emergency Care: Experiences in Germany

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volume 21 (2021): Issue 2

By: Andrew Dickinson and Stefanie Joos

Open Access

|Apr 2021

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