Chronic medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, heart failure and hypertension affect large numbers of people, including patients, carers, families and friends. As the population in England ages, growing numbers of patients will need help with managing complex, multiple conditions over sustained periods. Apart from the burden of ill-health, treating ...
The prevalence of chronic disease is rising and many health systems are now seeking to improve the way they respond to the needs of patients with chronic illnesses. The King's Fund and the Commonwealth Fund of New York sponsored a seminar bringing together leading policy-makers, clinicians and academics from England ...
The Cancer Plan has achieved impressive results since it was published in 2000. However, demographic trends, new treatments, increasing survival rates and reforms in the NHS have altered the context in which cancer services operate. Cancer Research UK commissioned this paper to explore how cancer policy should evolve in response ...
This review examines evidence for the effectiveness of case management for older people. Five outcome measures were considered: hospital admissions, use of emergency departments, length of stay, functional health status and costs. The review concludes that while there is come support in the literature for case management as a method ...