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Inter-professional collaboration reduces the burden of caring for patients with mental illnesses in primary healthcare. A realist evaluation study

Marieke De SutterDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; View further author information
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An De SutterDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2540-8307View further author information
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Nora SundahlDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Experimental Cancer Research, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, BelgiumView further author information
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Tom DeclercqDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; View further author information
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Peter DecatDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 236-242 | Received 14 Apr 2018, Accepted 01 Jul 2019, Published online: 02 Aug 2019

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