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Developing care for a changing population : supporting patients with complex, costly needs

其他書名	Discussion paper
出版	Nuffield Trust, 2016
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=vOQR0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Responding to the needs of the growing numbers of people with complex, chronic illnesses is making new and testing demands of health systems worldwide. This discussion paper looks at emerging evidence from Europe and offers ten reflections for policymakers. Summary It is hard to understate the scale of the challenge facing Europe in relation to the growth of complex conditions. Although chronic diseases often start in younger age groups, their symptoms dominate older populations. Our understanding of what 'best practice might look like for people with complex conditions is still in its infancy, and there are no uniquely European answers to the problems facing health systems globally. Given the rapidly evolving challenge to meet the needs of people with complex conditions, it is increasingly apparent that the clinical models of both acute care and single chronic disease management may be ill equipped to respond. Amongst other reflections, the paper concludes that new models of ca ...