• Acad Med · Dec 1998

    Comparative Study

    Caring for the chronically ill: a vital subject for medical education.

    • A J Cohen.
    • University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655, USA. andrew.cohen@ummc.ummed.edu
    • Acad Med. 1998 Dec 1;73(12):1261-6.

    AbstractThe growing prevalence of chronic illness will be the predominant challenge to the American health care system in the coming century. Patients with chronic conditions account for three fourths of U.S. health care expenditures, and considerable growth of these costs is likely as the population ages. Despite the enormity of this problem, the management of chronic illness has received little attention in undergraduate and graduate medical education. This paper describes the competencies required to develop curricula in the management of chronic illness.

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