Living well with chronic illness a call for public health action

Living well with chronic illness a call for public health action

In the United States, chronic diseases currently account for 70 percent of all deaths, and close to 48 million Americans report a disability related to a chronic condition. Today, about one in four Americans have multiple diseases and the prevalence and burden of chronic disease in the elderly and r...

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Living Well with Chronic Disease: Public Health Action to Reduce Disability and Improve Functioning and Quality of Life
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press 2012
Subjects:
Chronic Disease > prevention & control
Population Surveillance
Health Policy
Quality of Life
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