Acknowledgements
We are most grateful to Marius Ungureanu and Christiane Wiskow for their critical and constructive review of the entire volume. Jim Buchan, Gilles Dussault and Anita Charlesworth have reviewed several chapters and provided most relevant and valuable feedback. In addition, we thank Giorgio Cometto for his top-level comments and advice with regard to skill-mix and primary care. The external reviews were valuable for the development of the book. A big thank you is due to to Josep Figueras for his strategic advice in shaping the volume.
We thank the research assistants Hannah Budde and Laura Pfirter for continuous dedication and support for the entire book. Mathilde Akeroyd was instrumental in the finalization of the volume and in the drafting and shaping of selected abstracts. Theresa Meier has read all chapters and provided comments and edits. Maxim Hjortland and Kimberly Hartl have provided support for individual chapters, in particular by extracting research evidence or editing text.
The authors would like to thank Lesley Simon for the copy-editing, and Jonathan North for overseeing the publication process.
Input by experts on selected country examples (for example, ‘mini case studies’)
France: Anne Depaigne-Loth, Agence Nationale du Développement Professionnel Continu, France
France: Yann Bourgueil, Research Director, IRDES, France
Finland: Johanna Heikkilä, Senior Advisor, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, School of Health and Social Studies, Jyväskylä, Finland
Switzerland: Luc Besançon, Adviser, Swiss association of pharmacists / Société Suisse des Pharmaciens
Funder
The financial contribution by the UK Health Foundation is gratefully acknowledged. The funder had no role in the design of the study, the analysis or interpretation of the results, nor in the write-up phase of the chapters.