[Community Care Access Centers--a way to further develop local care policy in Germany].
The recent reform act on long-term care insurance includes plans for the establishment of Community Care Access Centers. This paper addresses chances and challenges of these centers and proposes some important steps for program development.
Schaeffer
Doris
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Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG 6 Versorgungsforschung/ Pflegewissenschaft, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615, Bielefeld. doris.schaeffer@uni-bielefeld.de
Kuhlmey
Adelheid
A
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