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dc.contributor.author | Vassallo, Josanne | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-14T18:25:05Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-01-14T18:25:05Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Malta Medical Journal. 2008, Vol.20(3), p. 5 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/886 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Advances in medicine have resulted in decreased neonatal and child mortality and greater longevity in the developed countries. However a declining birth rate has resulted in a significant proportion of the population being the retired and the elderly. Infectious diseases no longer pose a major health threat in the developed as opposed to the developing countries with the former showing an exponential increase in the prevalence of chronic non communicable disease, the associated morbidity proving a huge burden on healthcare budgets. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Malta Medical Journal | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Chronic diseases -- Management | en_GB |
dc.subject | Diabetes | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cardiovascular system -- Diseases | en_GB |
dc.title | Challenges in healthcare provision | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | - |
Appears in Collections: | MMJ, Volume 20, Issue 2 MMJ, Volume 20, Issue 2 Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed |
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