Health policy responses to rising rates of multi-morbid chronic illness in Australia and New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 386-393

  Aspin, Clive ^a   Jowsey, Tanisha ^b   Glasgow, Nicholas ^c   Dugdale, Paul ^b   Nolte, Ellen ^d   O'Hallahan, Jane ^e   Leeder, Stephen ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Co morbid; Health policy; Multi morbid; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 77956051516     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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