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In: Handbook Integrated Care

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  • Ingrid Wolfe

    (Public Health, King’s College London
    Paediatric Public Health, Evelina London Children’s Healthcare, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust)

Abstract

The epidemiological transition towards chronic conditions applies to children just as it does to adults and the elderly. Health systems need to adapt to provide more and better quality planned care, health promotion, disease prevention, and health policies that address the upstream determinants of chronic disease. Yet countries struggle to shift the focus of healthcare away from acute and urgent reactive care, so the hospital-centric health model continues to dominate. A wide variety of government and non-governmental strategies are focused on developing integrated care services as a way for health systems to adapt to meet current and evolving needs more effectively and efficiently. However, the majority of these initiatives are tailored to the needs of adults or the elderly, with scarce consideration for the distinct needs of children and young people.

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  • Ingrid Wolfe, 2017. "Children," Springer Books, in: Volker Amelung & Viktoria Stein & Nicholas Goodwin & Ran Balicer & Ellen Nolte & Esther Suter (ed.), Handbook Integrated Care, chapter 21, pages 353-367, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-56103-5_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56103-5_21
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