Umfang:
Online-Ressource (66 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781118383889
Serie:
ABC Series v.247
Inhalt:
ABC of Multimorbidity is the first title to provide primary care practitioners with a practical approach to the complex issues of treating and managing patients with more than one morbidity.Ageing populations and earlier diagnosis of chronic conditions mean more people are living longer with multimorbidity. However, treatment guidelines are often designed for treatment in isolation of other morbidities. Multimorbidity management therefore requires a more patient centred approach and greater knowledge and coordination of existing services. Effective multimorbidity management both improves over
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introducing Multimorbidity; Background; Comorbidity; Multimorbidity; Other related concepts; Multimorbidity: clinical versus operational definition; Severity; Measures; Multimorbidity as an emerging priority; Further reading; Chapter 2 How Common Is Multimorbidity?; Introduction; Prevalence estimates; Factors associated with the prevalence of multimorbidity; From multimorbidity to polypharmacy; Further reading; Chapter 3 How Does Multimorbidity Affect Patients?; Background; Perceptions of multimorbidity
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Mortality and hospitalizationFunctional status and quality of life; Patient experiences; Adaptive strategies; Further reading; Chapter 4 Effects of Multimorbidity on Healthcare Resource Use; Background; Context for understanding the impact; Causal pathways; Impact on inpatient and specialized care use; Impact on primary and preventive care use; Impact on medication use and other services; Designing payment systems to take multimorbidity into consideration when compensating for resource use
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Other special considerations when designing systems to ensure cost-effective resource use for patients with multimorbidityConclusions; Further reading; Chapter 5 Multimorbidity and the Primary Care Clinic; Background; So what is needed at practice level?; How can this be achieved?; Informational and relational continuity; Time; Putting the 'care' into health care; Care planning and self-management; The importance of practice context; Conclusions; Further reading; Chapter 6 Multimorbidity and Patient-Centred Care; Introduction; Justification for a patient-centred approach
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First component: exploring diseases and the illness experienceSecond component: understanding the whole person in context; Third component: finding common ground; Fourth component: enhancing the patient-practitioner relationship; Further Reading; Chapter 7 Multimorbidity and the Healthcare Electronic Medical Record; How can existing EMR technology be best used for the care of patients with multimorbidity?; How could future EMRs better support the care of patients with multimorbidity?; Improved access to the EMR; Enhanced EMR capacity to support team-based care and information needs
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Advanced EMR functionsConclusion; Further reading; Chapter 8 Treatment Burden and Multimorbidity; Definition of treatment burden; Patient capacity; Treatment burden and multimorbidity; Patient adherence and other outcomes; Typology of treatment burden; Engaging with others; Monitoring treatments; What can be done to identify treatment burden and lessen this for patients?; Gaps in knowledge; Acknowledgements; Further reading; Chapter 9 Multimorbidity and Mental Health; Background; Common mental health problems and long-term conditions
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The clinical implications of common mental health problems in long-term conditions
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9781118383872
Weitere Ausg.:
9781118383889
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ABC of Multimorbidity
Sprache:
Englisch
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