Demographic destinies -- Chronic illness in America today -- How well does American medicine deal with chronic illness? -- The patient-centered medical home -- Disability and chronic illness -- The chronic care model: designed to avoid the avoidable -- Financing chronic care -- The primary care shortfall: a wakeup call for an aging society -- Redesigning health care delivery for the age of chronic care -- The reach of the 2010 healthcare reform law: implications for chronic care
Summary
This revealing book tackles the daunting problem of increasing chronic illness in America, offering fresh ideas for the ways in which the challenge can be successfully managed
