Multimorbidity in South Africa: Is the health system ready?
Background: Multimorbidity is likely to be a significant contributor to ill health and inequality in South Africa and yet has been largely overlooked. Purpose: This paper focuses on the findings of a recent large study that highlighted emerging issues - namely (i) the high levels of multimorbidity a...
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| author | Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney Brian van Wyk Victoria Pillay-van Wyk |
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| description | Background: Multimorbidity is likely to be a significant contributor to ill health and inequality in South Africa and yet has been largely overlooked. Purpose: This paper focuses on the findings of a recent large study that highlighted emerging issues - namely (i) the high levels of multimorbidity among three key groups - older adults, women, and the wealthy; (ii) discordant and concordant disease clusters among the multimorbid. Research Design: Narrative. Study Sample and Data Collection: Not applicable. Results: We discuss the implications of each emerging issue for health systems policy and practice. Conclusion: Although key policies are identified, many of these policies are not implemented and are therefore not part of routine practice, leaving much space for improvement. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0d5348e856a44093b5436f8de256d5342025-08-20T01:53:22ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity2633-55652023-06-011310.1177/26335565231182483Multimorbidity in South Africa: Is the health system ready?Rifqah Abeeda RoomaneyBrian van WykVictoria Pillay-van WykBackground: Multimorbidity is likely to be a significant contributor to ill health and inequality in South Africa and yet has been largely overlooked. Purpose: This paper focuses on the findings of a recent large study that highlighted emerging issues - namely (i) the high levels of multimorbidity among three key groups - older adults, women, and the wealthy; (ii) discordant and concordant disease clusters among the multimorbid. Research Design: Narrative. Study Sample and Data Collection: Not applicable. Results: We discuss the implications of each emerging issue for health systems policy and practice. Conclusion: Although key policies are identified, many of these policies are not implemented and are therefore not part of routine practice, leaving much space for improvement.https://doi.org/10.1177/26335565231182483 |
| spellingShingle | Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney Brian van Wyk Victoria Pillay-van Wyk Multimorbidity in South Africa: Is the health system ready? Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity |
| title | Multimorbidity in South Africa: Is the health system ready? |
| title_full | Multimorbidity in South Africa: Is the health system ready? |
| title_fullStr | Multimorbidity in South Africa: Is the health system ready? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multimorbidity in South Africa: Is the health system ready? |
| title_short | Multimorbidity in South Africa: Is the health system ready? |
| title_sort | multimorbidity in south africa is the health system ready |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/26335565231182483 |
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