Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Keywords
Middle-income Asian countries, non-communicable disease, NCDs, elderly patients, primary health care, health services, diabetes, stroke
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2017.1356428
Abstract
This paper explores whether middle-income Asian countries are reorienting their health services in response to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand were selected as case studies of Asian societies experiencing rapid increases both in NCDs and an aging population. While NCD programs, especially those related to diabetes and stroke, are well-established in Thailand, health services struggle to respond to increasing numbers of people with chronic health problems. Health services at all levels must plan ahead for more patients with chronic and often multiple conditions who require better integrated health care.
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Health Systems & Reform, v. 3, issue 3, p. 171-181
Scholar Commons Citation
Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara; Healy, Judith; Kendig, Hal; Neelamegam, Malinee; Karunapema, Palitha; and Kasemsup, Vijj, "Reorienting Health Services to People with Chronic Health Conditions: Diabetes and Stroke Services in Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand" (2017). Epidemiology and Biostatistics Faculty Publications. 16.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/epb_facpub/16
