Research for Innovation in Health Systems - Improving the Management of Health Care Services for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions in Three Latin American Countries
The accelerated aging of the Brazilian population, alongside the gradual increase in the concomitant occurrence of multiple chronic diseases in the same individual, brings important challenges to the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). n Colombia, during 2012 - 2016, multimorbidity had a prevalence of 19.5 percent for all ages, according to data from the study carried out by the World Bank and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection. The investigation also showed an increase in the use and cost of health services associated with older age and the complexity of multimorbidity, in an aging population that shifts its epidemiological profile towards chronic diseases. The expenditure with patients with multimorbidity in Uruguay is high. Persons with five or more of diseases (Cardiovascular Disease, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Degenerative Neurological Disease) represent 8.44 percent of the total patient population, but their care accounts for 42.07 percent of the total expenditure, and 50.48 percent of the expenditure on medications.
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| Format: | Brief biblioteca |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2024-06-24
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| Subjects: | AGING AND HEALTH, AGING POPULATION, AGING, HEALTH SYSTEMS GOVERNANCE AND REGULATORY, HEALTH CARE MARKET, GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, SDG 3, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099060524114518778/P1799511bfd4ed0911a36a146d530a04bdd https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41761 |
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