Rethinking health-care systems: A focus on chronicity

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9764, 2011, Pages 450-451

  Allotey, Pascale ^a   Reidpath, Daniel D ^a   Yasin, Shajahan ^a   Chan, Carina K ^a   De Graft Aikins, Ama ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGING; CHRONICITY; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 79551685321     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61856-9     Document Type: Note

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