Patient-centred care for persons with multimorbidity: construction and evaluation of a patient-centred disease management program in primary care. KU Leuven
Belgian health care is currently organised around single diseases, which presents unique challenges for patients suffering from multiple physical or mental long-term conditions (multimorbidity) and their care givers. Multimorbidity poses a threat to health care because it is associated with poor outcomes such as premature death, frequent and longer hospitalisation, decreased quality of life and psychological stress. The increasing prevalence ...