Integration and continuity of primary care: polyclinics and alternatives - a patient-centred analysis of how organisation constrains care co-ordination

• Main Authors: Rod Sheaff (Author), Joyce Halliday (Author), John Øvretveit (Author), Richard Byng (Author), Mark Exworthy (Author), Stephen Peckham (Author), Sheena Asthana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: An ageing population, the increasing specialisation of clinical services and diverse health-care provider ownership make the co-ordination and continuity of complex care increasingly problematic. The way in which the provision of complex health care is co-ordinated produces - or fails to...