Meeting the challenge of chronic illness in general practice
- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- the healthcare-system
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 179 (5) , 247-249
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05530.x
Abstract
Seven of every 10 general practice encounters are for chronic conditions. Three common chronic conditions managed by GPs are depression, diabetes and asthma. Two of these are National Health Priorit...Keywords
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