Burden of multimorbidity in South Africa: Implications for health policy and service delivery
| dc.contributor.advisor | van Wyk, Brian | |
| dc.contributor.author | Roomaney, Rifqah Abeeda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-23T09:22:14Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-07T09:36:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-01-23T09:22:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-07T09:36:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | Philosophiae Doctor - PhD | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | South Africa is challenged to manage the quadruple burden of disease experienced by its population. Furthermore, the burden of multimorbidity – that is, people living with more than one disease condition – is increasing. Multimorbidity challenges the way the health system is organised as it traverses different health programmes. However, little research has investigated the phenomenon in South Africa. The study describes the epidemiology – prevalence, patterns and risk factors - of multimorbidity in South Africa, and makes recommendations for health policy and service delivery. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/19206 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Chronic disease | en_US |
| dc.subject | HIV | en_US |
| dc.subject | Economic status | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public health | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
| dc.title | Burden of multimorbidity in South Africa: Implications for health policy and service delivery | en_US |