Multimorbidity in South Africa: Is the health system ready?
J Multimorb Comorb
; 13: 26335565231182483, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Multimorbidity is likely to be a significant contributor to ill health and inequality in South Africa and yet has been largely overlooked.Purpose:
This paper focuses on the findings of a recent large study that highlighted emerging issues - namely (i) the high levels of multimorbidity among three key groups - older adults, women, and the wealthy; (ii) discordant and concordant disease clusters among the multimorbid. ResearchDesign:
Narrative. Study Sample and Data Collection Not applicable.Results:
We discuss the implications of each emerging issue for health systems policy and practice.Conclusion:
Although key policies are identified, many of these policies are not implemented and are therefore not part of routine practice, leaving much space for improvement.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Multimorb Comorb
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Sudáfrica