Unfulfilled potential of primary care in Europe

doi:10.1136/bmj.k4469

. 2018 Oct 24:363:k4469.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.k4469.

Unfulfilled potential of primary care in Europe

Luke N Allen¹, Shannon Barkley², Jan De Maeseneer³, Chris van Weel^{4

5}, Hans Kluge⁶, Niek de Wit⁷, Trisha Greenhalgh⁸

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¹ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK luke.allen@phc.ox.ac.uk.
² Primary Healthcare Services, WHO, Geneva.
³ Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Belgium.
⁴ Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
⁶ Division of Health Systems and Public Health, WHO Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁷ Department of General Practice, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands.
⁸ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.

PMID: 30355571
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k4469

Unfulfilled potential of primary care in Europe

Luke N Allen et al. BMJ. 2018.

. 2018 Oct 24:363:k4469.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.k4469.

Authors

Luke N Allen¹, Shannon Barkley², Jan De Maeseneer³, Chris van Weel^{4

5}, Hans Kluge⁶, Niek de Wit⁷, Trisha Greenhalgh⁸

Affiliations

¹ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK luke.allen@phc.ox.ac.uk.
² Primary Healthcare Services, WHO, Geneva.
³ Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Belgium.
⁴ Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
⁶ Division of Health Systems and Public Health, WHO Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁷ Department of General Practice, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands.
⁸ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.

PMID: 30355571
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k4469

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