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Young People With Chronic Illness Find Health System Doesn't Meet Their Needs - University of Otago Study
August 27, 2019
DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Aug. 27 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Otago issued the following news release:

New Zealand's adult-centred health system appears ill-equipped to meet the needs of chronically sick young people, a University of Otago study has found.

Lead author Dr Judith Sligo, of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, says young people are a largely invisible group in the health system and their health care needs differ from those of ch . . .

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