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Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness
Kane, Robert L.; Priester, Reinhard; Totten, Annette M.
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Description for Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness
Hardback. This book calls on policy makers, health care providers, and educators to address one of the greatest challenges facing the health care system. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15, 1 black & white halftones, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, and Parkinson disease are the principal cause of all sickness and death in the United States and represent the vast majority of health care expenditures. Although we now live in a world dominated by chronic conditions, health care is still organized around a commitment to treating acute illnesses. Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness examines current deficiencies in chronic illness care and explores ways to improve it. Addressing the challenges of shifting from the primacy of acute illnesses to the predominance of chronic conditions, the authors identify the components necessary to reorganize and ... Read more
Chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, and Parkinson disease are the principal cause of all sickness and death in the United States and represent the vast majority of health care expenditures. Although we now live in a world dominated by chronic conditions, health care is still organized around a commitment to treating acute illnesses. Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness examines current deficiencies in chronic illness care and explores ways to improve it. Addressing the challenges of shifting from the primacy of acute illnesses to the predominance of chronic conditions, the authors identify the components necessary to reorganize and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882098
SKU
V9780801882098
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99-50
About Kane, Robert L.; Priester, Reinhard; Totten, Annette M.
Robert L. Kane, M.D., is a professor and the Minnesota Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Reinhard Priester, J.D., is a coordinator in the Division of Health Services Research and Policy of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Annette M. Totten, Ph.D. is director of the Center for the ... Read more
Reviews for Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness
Provides interested readers with a succinct vehicle for becoming conversant on this important topic.
Jennifer L. Wolff JAMA 2006 This book provides a much needed assessment of the greatest challenges in health care today.
Germaine Cornelissen Key Reporter 2006 This book is useful for policy makers, health care providers, and educators to address one of the greatest challenges ... Read more
Jennifer L. Wolff JAMA 2006 This book provides a much needed assessment of the greatest challenges in health care today.
Germaine Cornelissen Key Reporter 2006 This book is useful for policy makers, health care providers, and educators to address one of the greatest challenges ... Read more