The growing caseload of chronic life-long conditions calls for a move towards full self-management in low-income countries

• Main Authors: Kegels Guy (Author), Hermann Katharina (Author), Bermejo Raoul (Author), Ku Grace (Author), van Olmen Josefien (Author), Van Damme Wim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The growing caseload caused by patients with chronic life-long conditions leads to increased needs for health care providers and rising costs of health services, resulting in a heavy burden on health systems, populations and individu...