The strength of primary care in Europe: an international comparative study.

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Published in Br J Gen Pract on November 01, 2013

Authors

Dionne Kringos1, Wienke Boerma, Yann Bourgueil, Thomas Cartier, Toni Dedeu, Toralf Hasvold, Allen Hutchinson, Margus Lember, Marek Oleszczyk, Danica Rotar Pavlic, Igor Svab, Paolo Tedeschi, Stefan Wilm, Andrew Wilson, Adam Windak, Jouke Van der Zee, Peter Groenewegen

Author Affiliations

1: Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam, Department of Social Medicine, the Netherlands.

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