COVID-19 poses novel challenges for global primary care
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COVID-19 is presenting novel challenges for global primary care, and its response has been inspiring, varied, and also troubling.
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- Authors
- Williams, S., & Tsiligianni, I.
- Affiliations
- University of Crete (GR)
- Corresponding author
- Tsiligianni, Ioanna
- Venue
- npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
- Published
- 2020-06-18
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 30-30
- ISSN
- 2055-1010 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7303134
- OpenAlex
- W3036913257
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 9
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, primary care, pandemic response, health system challenges
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Primary Health Care, Public Health, Global Health, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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