Chronic diseases community
Actually OPIMEC has more than 700 users registered and organized around communities of practice to develop knowledge on chronicity and polypathology, sharing learnings based on collective reflection on practical experiences.
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- How to weight chronic diseases in multimorbidity indices? Development of a new method on the basis of individual data from five population-based studies Posted on 22/05/2012 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- In multimorbidity indices, chronic conditions are often weighted according to their severity or their impact on different outcomes. These weights are mostly developed on the basis of only one study ... chronic diseases, health status, index weights; pooled odds ratios, multimorbidity
- Compassion in care: A qualitative study of older people with a chronic disease and nurses Posted on 16/09/2011 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- This article describes compassion as perceived within the relationship between nurses and older persons with a chronic disease. The aim of the study is to understand the benefit of compassion ... care, chronic diseases, compassion, humane approach, nursing, older persons
- Improving the Lives of Patients with Chronic Diseases: Pharmacists as a Solution Posted on 03/06/2011 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- Positive health outcomes hinge on the effective use of medications especially among vulnerable, chronically ill, and aging populations. Yet, increasingly powerful and complex drug combinations are used to treat patients ... chronic diseases, improving, pharmacists
- The Centers of Excellence Posted on 22/12/2010 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- The UnitedHealth Chronic Disease Initiative and the National Heart Lung Blood Institute (NHLBI) have established 11 Collaborating Centers of Excellence to enable the development of research and training infrastructures and ... chronic diseases, prevention
- Partnerships To Provide Care And Medicine For Chronic Diseases: A Model For Emerging Markets Posted on 09/12/2010 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- The challenge of expanding access to treatment and medicine for chronic diseases in emerging markets is both a public health imperative and a commercial opportunity. chronic care model, chronic diseases, emerging markets, partnerships, pharmaceuticals
- The Additional Cost of Chronic Disease in Manitoba Posted on 03/12/2010 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- Over half the people in Manitoba over 19 live with a chronic condition such as arthritis, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes, or stroke ... chronic diseases, costs
- Ministerial Conference: Innovative approaches for chronic illnesses in public health and healthcare systems Posted on 10/09/2010 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
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The EU Member States are increasingly facing common challenges with the growing burden of chronic diseases in the European Union. Chronic diseases represent 86 % of mortality in the WHO European ...
chronic diseases, chronic illnesses, healthcare systems, innovation, public health - The Oxford Health Alliance Posted on 21/01/2009 by Administrador OPIMEC
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The Oxford Health Alliance is dedicated to preventing and reducing the global impact of epidemic chronic disease. It supports innovative action with diverse stakeholders around three risk factors – tobacco use ...
cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic diseases, chronic lung, diabetes, prevention
