Informing primary care reform in Greece: patient expectations and experiences (the QUALICOPC study).

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on April 05, 2017

Authors

Christos Lionis1, Sophia Papadakis2,3, Chrysanthi Tatsi2, Antonis Bertsias2, George Duijker2, Prodromos-Bodosakis Mekouris4, Wienke Boerma5, Willemijn Schäfer5, Greek QUALICOPC team

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. lionis@galinos.med.uoc.gr.
2: Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
3: Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
4: The Greek Association of General Practitioners (ELEGEIA), Thessaloniki, Greece.
5: Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, Netherlands.

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