Managing chronic conditions: lessons learned from a comparative evaluation of chronic care programs in Italy

Background: Chronic diseases in western countries represent the 80-85% of costs in the health system and cause about the 86% of deaths[1]. This led to an increase of production of policies focused on management of chronic conditions, both in the national and regional contexts. As an example, in 2016...

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Main Authors: Angelica Zazzera, Lucia Ferrara, Valeria Tozzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2019-08-01
Series:International Journal of Integrated Care
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Online Access:https://www.ijic.org/articles/4979