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Redesigning Primary Care in Switzerland: How to Get Primary Care Doctors on Board?. Commonwealth Fund International Survey Webinar, February 5, 2013. Thomas Zeltner Professor of Public Health, University of Bern, Switzerland. Former Secretary of Health of Switzerland (1991-2009).
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Redesigning Primary Care in Switzerland: How to Get Primary Care Doctors on Board? Commonwealth Fund International Survey Webinar, February 5, 2013 Thomas Zeltner Professor of Public Health, University of Bern, Switzerland. Former Secretary of Health of Switzerland (1991-2009)
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Specific Aspects of the Swiss Health Care Systems < 1/3 mile < 3 miles
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“016“015 Popular Referendum “YES FOR FAMILY DOCTORS” 2014
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