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Leadership in integrated care does not differ fundamentally from leadership challenges in other network structures and needs to be addressed adequately. Besides the general underestimation of the importance of leadership in health care, several aspects have to be considered specifically. This chapter presents general recommendations which highlight the importance of the topic for integrated care.

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Amelung, V., Chase, D., Kreutzberg, A. (2021). Leadership in Integrated Care. In: Amelung, V., Stein, V., Suter, E., Goodwin, N., Nolte, E., Balicer, R. (eds) Handbook Integrated Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69262-9_14

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