Health Priorities in French-Speaking Swiss Cantons
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Health Priorities in French-Speaking Swiss Cantons
In Switzerland, the federal authorities, the cantons, and the communes share the responsibility of healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion policies. Yet, the cantons are in most health matters independent in their decisions, thus defining as a matter of fact their own health priorities. We examined and analysed the content of the disease prevention and health promotion plans elabora...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Health Policy and Management
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2322-5939
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.91