The future of pediatrics: redefining chronic care

The future of pediatrics: redefining chronic care

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Issue brief (Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health)
Author(s):
Schor, Edward L., author
Contributor(s):
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, issuing body.
Publication:
Palo Alto, CA : Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, January 2019
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Child Health Services -- trends
Chronic Disease -- therapy
Pediatrics -- trends
Preventive Health Services
Child
Forecasting
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Reimbursement, Incentive
Humans
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The term "chronic care" typically is applied to health care services provided to patients with chronic medical conditions. However, if chronic care is used to describe "a planned, longitudinal, continuous and coordinated, forward-looking approach to providing health care and promoting health and well-being" it can equally well be applied to preventive care, for at its best, preventive care addresses health beliefs and behaviors with lifelong consequences. Evidence suggests that for neither chronic medical care nor preventive care is the health care system achieving desired outcomes. These failures may be ascribed in part to the system itself--its history, design and financial incentives.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages)).
NLM Unique ID:
101744839 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101744839