Exploring the definition of chronic conditions for collective monitoring in Australia 2021
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Topic: Chronic disease
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Exploring the definition of chronic conditions for collective monitoring in Australia 2021, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 25 September 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Exploring the definition of chronic conditions for collective monitoring in Australia 2021. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Exploring the definition of chronic conditions for collective monitoring in Australia 2021. AIHW, 2021.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Exploring the definition of chronic conditions for collective monitoring in Australia 2021. Canberra: AIHW; 2021.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2021, Exploring the definition of chronic conditions for collective monitoring in Australia 2021, AIHW, Canberra.
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Chronic conditions are the focus of significant research and policy interest in Australia. There is an ongoing need to review, refine and reassess how chronic conditions should be monitored. This paper summarises an approach by the AIHW National Centre for Monitoring Chronic Conditions to define and select chronic conditions for collective monitoring in Australia.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-803-2
- Cat. no: CVD 91
- Pages: 44
Findings from this report:
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The definition of chronic conditions is not consistently applied across policy, health planning and research contexts.
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There is an ongoing need to review, refine and assess how chronic conditions should be monitored in the population.
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Collective monitoring looks at all chronic diseases together, rather than taking a disease-specific approach.