Intermediate care as a solution for managing chronic diseases: The Stroke Care program in Emilia Romagna (Italy)
Introduction Chronic conditions represent an urgent health-care challenge for three main reasons: 1) their frequency is increasing all over the world, mainly as a result of longer life expectancy; 2) they require complex, long-term response that goes beyond the acute-care hospital setting; and 3) th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2013-03-01
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Series: | Italian Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/76 |