RRH: Rural and Remote Health. Published article number: 6509 - The pros cons of the implementation a chronic care model in European rural primary care: points view general practitioners

Patient Self-management of Chronic Disease in Primary Care The nation’s 65-year-and-older population will swell from 35 million in 2000 to 53 million in 2020 as the babyboomer generation reaches the age of increasedchronicdiseaseprevalence.Many baby boomers bring to the health care system a high level of sophistication. In the view of one analyst, baby boomers “will accelerate the movement and ...

Primary care physicians often care for patients with chronic wounds, and they can best serve patients if they have knowledge and proficient skills in chronic wound care, including sharp debridement. The Oakwood Annapolis Family Medicine Residency in Michigan, USA developed a Wound Care Service, incorporating wound care training during the surgical rotation. Effectiveness of the wound care train...

This article reviews research evidence showing to what extent the chronic care model can improve the management of chronic conditions (using diabetes as an example) and reduce health care costs. Thirty-two of 39 studies found that interventions based on chronic care model components improved at least 1 process or outcome measure for diabetic patients. Regarding whether chronic care model interv...

abstract: according to the statistics over 30000 deaths occur annually in iran due to cancer with an incidence of over 70000 new cases; this growing rate is similar to the developing world. these figures do not take into account other chronic illnesses like diabetes, heart failure, gastro-intestinal disorders, chronic neurological disorders and lung disease, which all warrant palliative care. a...

June 2006 Volume 32 Number 6 More than 97% of adults with diabetes seek their care from family physicians, general internists, or general practitioners, accounting for 76% of all outpatient visits provided to adults with diabetes. Translating theoretically sound strategies that work in research settings into real-world primary care practices has been a challenge. The Chronic Illness Care model ...

Empirical evidence on sustainability of programs that improve the quality of care delivery over time is lacking. Therefore, this study aims to identify the predictive role of short and long term improvements in quality of chronic care delivery on program sustainability. In this longitudinal study, professionals [2010 (T0): n=218, 55% response rate; 2011 (T1): n=300, 68% response rate; 2012 (T2)...

Bodenheimer, T., Wagner, E. H., & Grumbach, K. (2002). Improving primary care for patients with chronic illness. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 288(14), 1775-1779. The chronic care model is a guide to higher-quality chronic illness management within primary care. The model predicts that improvement in its 6 interrelated components-self-management support, clinical infor...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate chronic illness care delivery from the patient's perspective and to examine its main correlates. DESIGN Cross-sectional, descriptive study using questionnaires and medical chart review. SETTING Nine teaching family practices in Quebec. PARTICIPANTS A total of 364 patients with diabetes, hypertension, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES ...