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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453866803321

Autore

Nolte Ellen

Titolo

Caring for People with Chronic Conditions [[electronic resource] ] : A Health System Perspective

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2008

ISBN

1-281-95320-2

0-335-23690-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McKeeMartin

Disciplina

362.196044

Soggetti

Chronically ill

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Public Policy

Disease Attributes

Patient Care Management

Social Control Policies

Health Care

Health Services Administration

Pathologic Processes

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Policy

Social Control, Formal

Sociology

Diseases

Health Care Economics and Organizations

Social Sciences

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena

Health Policy

Delivery of Health Care

Chronic Disease

Public Health

Health & Biological Sciences

Public Health - General

Hospitals & Medical Centers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Contributors; Forewords; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Caring for people with chronic conditions: an introduction Ellen Nolte and Martin McKee; Chapter 2: The burden of chronic disease in Europe Joceline Pomerleau, CeĢcile Knai and Ellen Nolte; Chapter 3: Economic aspects of chronic disease and chronic disease management Marc Suhrcke, Daragh K. Fahey and Martin McKee; Chapter 4: Integration and chronic care: a review Ellen Nolte and Martin McKee

Chapter 5: Preventing chronic disease: everybody's business Thomas E. NovotnyChapter 6: Supporting self-management Mieke Rijken, Martyn Jones, Monique Heijmans and Anna Dixon; Chapter 7: The human resource challenge in chronic care Carl-Ardy Dubois, Debbie Singh and Izzat Jiwani; Chapter 8: Decision support Nicholas Glasgow, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, Elisabeth Chan and Dhigna Rubiano; Chapter 9: Paying for chronic disease care Reinhard Busse and Nicholas Mays; Chapter 10: Making it happen Ellen Nolte and Martin McKee; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

The complex nature of many chronic diseases, which affect people many different ways, requires a multifaceted response that will meet the needs of the individual patient. Yet while everyone agrees that the traditional relationship between an individual patient and a single doctor is inappropriate, there is much less agreement about what should replace it. . . Many countries are now experimenting with new approaches to delivering care in ways that do meet the complex needs of people with chronic disorders, redesigning delivery systems to coordinate activities across the continuum of care. Yet w