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Original Article

Re-thinking performance assessment for primary care: Opinion of the expert panel on effective ways of investing in health

Dionne KringosAmsterdam Public Health research institute, Department of Public Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Correspondence[email protected]
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Sabina NutiLaboratorio Management e Sanità, Institute of Management, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy;
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Christian AnastasyInspection Générale des Affaires Sociales, Paris, France;
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Margaret BarryHealth Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;
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Liubove MurauskienePublic Health Institute, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania;
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Luigi SicilianiDepartment of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, York, UK;
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Jan De MaeseneerDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Pages 55-61 | Received 31 Aug 2018, Accepted 05 Nov 2018, Published online: 12 Dec 2018

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