Operational integration in primary health care: patient encounters and workflows

• Main Authors: Dimitra Sifaki-Pistolla (Author), Vasiliki-Eirini Chatzea (Author), Adelais Markaki (Author), Kyriakos Kritikos (Author), Elena Petelos (Author), Christos Lionis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite several countrywide attempts to strengthen and standardise the primary healthcare (PHC) system, Greece is still lacking a sustainable, policy-based model of integrated services. The aim of our study was to identify operational integration levels through existing patient c...