Allied health are key to improving health for people with chronic disease: but where are the outcomes and where is the strategy?
| Autor: | Kathryn M. Refshauge, Sarah Dennis, Lauren Ball, Mark Harris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Primary Health Care
Health professionals business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Primary health care Psychological intervention Multimorbidity Population health Health outcomes Chronic disease Nursing Chronic Disease Community health Health care Humans Medicine business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | Australian Journal of Primary Health. 27:437-441 |
| ISSN: | 1836-7399 1448-7527 |
| Popis: | The global burden of chronic disease has forced health systems to focus on improved care. This has led to improved health outcomes for some populations, but not for all people or for all conditions. The rising prevalence of chronic disease has also significantly increased demands on healthcare systems, with unsustainable costs to funders. To improve health and social outcomes for all people with chronic disease, it is critical to embrace allied health professionals as key members of primary healthcare teams. The recognised efficacy and cost-effectiveness of many allied health interventions suggest that implementation into usual care would result in enhanced outcomes for people accessing healthcare, their families and communities, and for health systems. Our aim is to highlight the current unacceptable lack of allied health integration into primary healthcare teams, and illustrate the potential value of improved and equitable access to allied health professionals for managing chronic conditions and multimorbidity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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