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How to improve care for people with multimorbidity in Europe? Policy Brief 23. Health systems and policy analysis.
Rijke, M., Struckmann, V., Heide, I. van der, Hujala, A., Barbabella, F., Ginneken, E. van, Schellevis, F., ICARE4EU Consortium. How to improve care for people with multimorbidity in Europe? Policy Brief 23. Health systems and policy analysis. Brussel: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2017. 31 p.
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Almost all European countries are coping with an increasing prevalence of multimorbidity as medical technology advances and people live longer. Having multiple chronic diseases is associated with poor quality of life as well as increasing mortality and disability rates. Care systems in Europe are currently highly fragmented and organized around single diseases. The transition from a disease-centred care approach, to a patient-centred care approach is ongoing, but appears to be complex in general and particularly in the context of multimorbidity care. Such a complex change can only be achieved step by step.
Almost all European countries are coping with an increasing prevalence of multimorbidity as medical technology advances and people live longer. Having multiple chronic diseases is associated with poor quality of life as well as increasing mortality and disability rates. Care systems in Europe are currently highly fragmented and organized around single diseases. The transition from a disease-centred care approach, to a patient-centred care approach is ongoing, but appears to be complex in general and particularly in the context of multimorbidity care. Such a complex change can only be achieved step by step.