Approaches to Chronic Disease and Chronic Care: From Oxymoron to Modern Zeitgeist

Anna Tacon
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Anna Tacon: Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA

Disease Management and Health Outcomes, 2008, vol. 16, issue 5, pages 285-288

Abstract: The increasing prevalence and cost of chronic diseases and care indicate that comprehensive changes and paradigm shifts are needed in how healthcare systems approach and care for the chronically ill. Biological systems theory has been suggested as a model to explain human differences within surrounding systems that could translate into biological mechanisms, and is consistent with the chronic care model. Biological systems theory defines five levels of environmental contexts within the social milieu of an individual: the microsystem, comprising the direct interactions and intimate relationships of an individual DOI: 10.2165/0115677-200816050-00003

Keywords: Disease-management-programmes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C D I Z I1 I19 I18 I11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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