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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Does "epidemiologic shifts" mean "Epidemiological transitions"?

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There is a global crisis of severe shortages and marked maldistribution of health professionals that is exacerbated by three great global transitions — demographic changes, epidemiologic shifts, and redistribution of the disability burden. Each of these transitions exerts a powerful force for change in health care systems, the roles of health professionals, and the design of health professional education.1-5 Every country will have to respond to these global pressures for change.

More:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1111610?query=featured_home

Epidemiological transition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiological_transition
  

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NL888 Does "epidemiologic shifts" mean "Epidemiological transitions"? In part, I presume. E.

  • NL888 Does "epidemiologic shifts" mean "Epidemiological transitions"?
  • In part, I presume.
  • E.
  • transitions I would think are one kind of e.
  • shift.
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NL888Does "epidemiologic shifts" mean "Epidemiological transitions"?
In part, I presume. E. transitions I would think are one kind of e. shift.

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