Advancing Health Services and Systems for Vulnerable Populations including People with Chronic Conditions

Dear Colleagues,

People with chronic conditions, including chronic diseases, usually experience multimorbidity. Globally, this plays a major role in the burden of diseases in both developed and developing countries. To address this major challenge for healthcare systems, this Special Issue of IJERPH is dedicated to celebrating our achievement and progress in this significant area by sharing international research findings, including (but not limited to) findings in the fields of risk factors, self-management and support, adherence to medications/treatment, family/carer and community support, participation in prevention services, access to primary/secondary/tertiary care, clinical information systems, case management, life expectancy and deaths, models of care, coordination of care, patient-centred care, transitional care (for example, between primary and secondary/tertiary care), cultural safety/competency for vulnerable populations, health system design/re-design, rehabilitation services, surveillance system, telehealth, and policy and procedures in the health system.

It is our intention and hope that this Special Issue will provide the most recently updated and high-quality evidence to guide our practice worldwide to benefit people with chronic conditions, their families, communities, and society in general.

Dr. Chiung-Jung (Jo) Wu
Dr. Xiang-Yu (Janet) Hou
Dr. Lijun Fan
Guest Editors

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