Publicaciones

Muchos estudios encontraron desigualdades en la salud entre los distintos grupos de ingresos de Canadá. En este trabajo informamos sobre las variaciones en los factores de riesgo de las principales enfermedades crónicas entre los distintos grupos poblacionales de bajos ingresos, por provincia de residencia como medida proxy del entorno social.

Developed more than a decade ago, the Chronic Care Model (CCM) is a widely adopted approach to improving ambulatory care that has guided clinical quality initiatives in the United States and around the world. We examine the evidence of the CCM’s effectiveness by reviewing articles published since 2000 that used one of five key CCM papers as a reference.

Canada’s chronic disease burden is growing, increasingly impacting the health of Canadians, the economy and the health care system.

This paper estimates the disease burden and loss of economic output associated with chronic diseases—mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes—in 23 selected countries which account for around 80% of the total burden of chronic disease mortality in developing countries.

One of the aims of the English National Health Service (NHS) reform program has been to give higher priority to chronic care. Chronic care policy has focused on self-management, disease management, and case management, alongside a number of related initiatives.

En respuesta a las crecientes necesidades en atención, la reforma o desarrollo de la los sistemas de atención a largo plazo (LTC)se han convertido en una cuestión política importante en todos los países europeos.