OBJECTIVE To study the temporal relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and onset of chronic disabling conditions in childhood. METHOD Using parent reported data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, we compared children who developed a chronic disabling condition between the ages of 6/7 and 10/11 years with children without a chronic disabling condition at either age. L...

Introduction: Chronic condition management has been structured around models that aim at facilitating and development of care through initiatives of self-management, organisational restructuring and information system enhancement. Aim: Investigate issues around UK’s health care framework adopted for chronic condition management. Results: UK’s health care framework for chronic condition care dra...