What is a rare disease? It's not as simple as it sounds
- Written by Yvonne Zurynski, Associate Professor of Health System Sustainability, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
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If you have a rare disease, you may be the only person in Australia with that condition.
You may not know, however, that being diagnosed with a rare disease means you are part of a community of up to two million Australians with one of these conditions. And more than 300 million people globally.
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