Tracking the Care of Patients with Severe Chronic Illness - The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 2008

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dc.contributor.authorWennberg, John E.
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Elliott S.
dc.contributor.authorGoodman, David C.
dc.contributor.authorSkinner, Jonathan S.
dc.contributor.authorBronner, Kristen K.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:11Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:11Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractIn 2001 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued Crossing the Quality Chasm, a report that sent a wake-up call to patients, providers, and policy makers about the poor quality of American health care. The IOM argued that one of the central drivers of poor quality has been the unsystematic and fragmentary nature of our health care delivery system. Nowhere are the system’s failings more apparent than in the care of the chronically ill. More than 90 million Americans live with at least one chronic illness, and seven out of ten Americans die from chronic disease. Among the Medicare population, the toll is even greater: about nine out of ten deaths are associated with just nine chronic illnesses, including congestive heart failure, chronic lung disease, cancer, coronary artery disease, renal failure, peripheral vascular disease, diabetes, chronic liver disease, and dementia.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/0hbr-zzqe
dc.identifier.citationWennberg, John E. and Fisher, Elliott S. and Goodman, David C. and Skinner, Jonathan S. (2008) Tracking the Care of Patients with Severe Chronic Illness - The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 2008. UNSPECIFIED.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 981
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22939
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectthe chronically ill
dc.subjectchronic illness
dc.subjectchronic disease
dc.subjectTreating chronic disease
dc.subjectunwarranted variation
dc.subjectMedicare payment system
dc.titleTracking the Care of Patients with Severe Chronic Illness - The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 2008
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