Quality of depression care for people with coincident chronic medical conditions

Achieving care goals for people with chronic health conditions.

In 2009, more than 40% of Canadian adults reported that they had at least 1 of 7 common chronic conditions—arthritis, cancer, emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and mood disorders, not including depression.1 Caring for people with chronic conditions involves supporting some patients with a single condition, other patients who have c...

Innovating care for people with multiple chronic conditions in Europe

Out-of-pocket medical spending for care of chronic conditions.

We examined out-of-pocket medical spending by persons with and without chronic conditions using data from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). Our results show that mean out-of-pocket spending increased with the number of chronic conditions. The level of this spending also varied by age and insurance coverage, among other characteristics. Out-of-pocket spending for prescription dru...

Caring for People With Multiple Chronic Conditions

The systematic review by Bleich and colleagues contributes to the much needed evidence supporting management of patients with multiple chronic conditions — multimorbidity. Although the review’s focus is the United States, it addresses an issue that is highly relevant to all health care systems and raises important questions about how we can design systems to address the needs of this vulnerable...

Caring for people with chronic conditions