Mortality of patients with chronic disease: an increasing problem
Journal Title: Jornal de Pediatria - Year 2019, Vol 95, Issue 6
Abstract
Most recent health reports by the World Health Organization indicate that childhood mortality rates worldwide have been reducing in the last decades. This fact is caused especially by the decrease in mortality related to some acute diseases as respiratory infections, diarrhea, and prematurity.1 Conversely, the percentage of child deaths related to chronic disease is stable or even increasing. Several studies have shown that, in some countries, child deaths related to chronic conditions is close to 50%.2,3
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Jesús López-Herce
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