The Fourth Dimension of the Quadruple Aim: Empowering the Workforce to Become Partners in Health and Care

K V Stein^{1

2}, V E Amelung³, R Miller^{4

2}, N Goodwin^{5

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands.
² International Journal of Integrated Care, UK.
³ Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Systems Research, Medical University Hannover, Germany.
⁴ Global Engagement for College of Social Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.
⁵ Central Coast Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle and Central Coast Local Health District, AU.

Editorial

K V Stein et al. Int J Integr Care. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 22;21(2):34.

doi: 10.5334/ijic.5985.

K V Stein^{1

2}, V E Amelung³, R Miller^{4

2}, N Goodwin^{5

2}

¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands.
² International Journal of Integrated Care, UK.
³ Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Systems Research, Medical University Hannover, Germany.
⁴ Global Engagement for College of Social Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.
⁵ Central Coast Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle and Central Coast Local Health District, AU.

No abstract available

Keywords: education and training; integrated care competencies; people-centred systems; workforce.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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