Yes / There is increasing recognition among policymakers that health systems are no longer fit for purpose. Our hospital-centred systems, originally created to deal with communicable disease epidemics, are now faced with the challenge of delivering care to the exponentially increasing number of people living with (typically multiple)≈non-communicable disorders (NCDs).
Global economic stagnation has also contributed to the pressures facing health systems – such that there is an imperative to develop new models of care.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/12660 |
| Date | 12 July 2017 |
| Creators | McIntosh, Bryan |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Editorial, Accepted manuscript |
| Rights | © 2017 Mark Allen Healthcare Ltd. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The final published work is available at: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2017.23.7.304, Unspecified |
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