Arthritis affects more than three million people in Australia and costs our health and welfare systems more than $5.6 billion each year. Arthritis Australia has published a series of reports as a road map for improving care for Australian arthritis sufferers. The details are summarised in Time to move: Arthritis, a national strategy to reduce a costly burden. Components of the strategy are awareness raising campaigns, health promotion and prevention, education and self-management support, multidisciplinary arthritis clinics, workforce capacity building and research.Three other documents support the overall strategy:
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