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International Alliance of Patients' Organizations perspectives on person-centered medicine

Author(s) -

Jo Groves

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

international journal of integrated care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 1568-4156

DOI - 10.5334/ijic.481

Subject(s) - alliance , medicine , non communicable disease , healthcare system , global health , disease , quality of life (healthcare) , family medicine , low and middle income countries , health care , environmental health , gerontology , nursing , developing country , economic growth , public health , political science , pathology , economics , law

Non-communicable diseases or chronic conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease, are affecting the health and quality of life of an increasing number of patients around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that in 2005 they caused an estimated 35 million deaths representing 60% of all deaths globally with 80% of deaths due to non-communicable diseases occurring in low and middle income countries [1]. This is placing an ever-increasing burden on health systems, originally designed to address acute medical conditions.

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