These are themes of growing importance in the US health care system as well as in health care systems in most other developed nations. The aging of populations, already underway, and expected to increase in the coming decades will bring changes and challenges to the health care system. Many of these challenges relate to chronic care needs, since chronic care needs are more important in the elderly than in other population groups, although chronic care problems are not limited to the elderly. Once people reach their 40s and 50s, they begin to develop chronic problems. Chronic problems often require both more health care services and more complicated health care services, and thus place an emphasis on services integration.
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These are themes of growing importance in the US health care system as well as in health care systems in most other developed nations. The aging of populations, already underway, and expected to increase in the coming decades will bring changes and challenges to the health care system. Many of these challenges relate to chronic care needs, since chronic care needs are more important in the elderly than in other population groups, although chronic care problems are not limited to the elderly. Once people reach their 40s and 50s, they begin to develop chronic problems. Chronic problems often require both more health care services and more complicated health care services, and thus place an emphasis on services integration.
Imprint | JAI Press Inc. |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Research in the Sociology of Health Care |
Release date | November 2004 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2004 |
Editors | Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 300 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7623-1147-7 |
Barcode | 9780762311477 |
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LSN | 0-7623-1147-9 |