Abstract
Many young people with childhood-onset diseases, including rheumatic diseases, continue to require medical care into adult life. Although there is an extensive evidence base for the need of transitional care, there is a paucity of robust outcome data and a great variability on the models of transitional care.
Highlights
Many young people with childhood-onset diseases, including rheumatic diseases, continue to require medical care into adult life
There is an extensive evidence base for the need of transitional care, there is a paucity of robust outcome data and a great variability on the models of transitional care
Transition care was defined as a purposeful, planned process that addresses the medical, psychosocial and educational/vocational needs of adolescents and young adults with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases with childhood-onset as they move from child-centred to adultoriented health care systems
Summary
Many young people with childhood-onset diseases, including rheumatic diseases, continue to require medical care into adult life. There is an extensive evidence base for the need of transitional care, there is a paucity of robust outcome data and a great variability on the models of transitional care
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