Patients with multiple chronic conditions (multimorbidity) have complex and extensive health and social care needs that are not well served by current silo-based models of care. A lack of integration between care providers often leads to fragmented, incomplete, and ineffective care, leaving many patients overwhelmed and unable to navigate their way towards better
A research agenda is not a plan, but a list of “matters needing attention”. The study reported here built this list by using a systematic method of enquiry to discover which research is most needed to help the faster- and wider- use of more effective ways to care for chronic illnesses in the 28 EU
Ageing populations and advances in the scope of medical care combine to create a situation in which chronic noncommunicable diseases are increasingly impacting on European health systems. Chronic noncommunicable diseases require a long-term perspective, not only in tackling their determinants and thus preventing them from occurring, but also in developing the often complex programmes needed to