Multiple conditions: Exploring literature from the consumer perspective in Australia

Health Expectations

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 166-176

  Walker, Christine ^a  

^a Chronic Illness Alliance   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Comorbidity; Health policy; Multimorbidities; Multiple conditions; Safety

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDS; TIME;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925378175     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12015     Document Type: Article

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