[In the Media] “Establishing an Integrated Care System for Pain” (Iri Sangyo Shimbun, April 15, 2024)
date : 5/7/2024
Tags: Chronic Pain, NCDs
The policy recommendations “Establishing an integrated care system for pain from the perspectives of people with lived experience” compiled by Health and Global Policy Institute was featured in the Iri Sangyo Shimbun.
The recommendations call for the need to establish an integrated care system for pain under primary health care and the community-based integrated care systems in Japan, in order to provide a variety of interventions recommended by the latest evidence, based on the needs of each individual. It also summarizes the five perspectives required to implement such a system.
This article introduces the content of our policy recommendations as an important theme for medical device industries.
For more information on the recommendations, please click here.
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