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Chronic care refers to medical care which addresses pre-existing or long-term illness, as opposed to acute care which is concerned with short term or severe illness of brief duration. Chronic medical conditions include asthma , diabetes , emphysema , chronic bronchitis , congestive heart disease, cirrhosis of the liver , hypertension and ...
critical coronary care unit: CCE C/C/E: clubbing, cyanosis, and edema (general signs of cardiovascular disease) CCG: Clinical commissioning group: CCF: congestive cardiac failure: CCK: cholecystokinin: CCK-PZ: cholecystokinin-pancreozymin: CCNS: cell cycle–nonspecific [drug] (a type of drug used in chemotherapy) CCOC: clear cell odontogenic ...
A catastrophic illness is a severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery. Examples include [1] cancer, heart attack or stroke.These illnesses usually involve high costs for patients and health insurance companies and may incapacitate the person from working, creating a financial hardship.
The majority of US health care and economic costs associated with medical conditions are incurred by chronic diseases and conditions and associated health risk behaviors. Eighty-four percent of all health care spending in 2006 was for the 50% of the population who have one or more common chronic medical conditions (CDC, 2014).
An illness which is lifelong but not fatal is called a chronic condition. Terminal patients have options for disease management after diagnosis. Examples include caregiving, continued treatment, palliative and hospice care, and physician-assisted suicide. Decisions regarding management are made by the patient and their family, although medical ...
Health care is an important determinant in promoting the general physical and mental health and well-being of people around the world. [5] An example of this was the worldwide eradication of smallpox in 1980, declared by the WHO, as the first disease in human history to be eliminated by deliberate health care interventions. [6]
Chronic care management encompasses the oversight and education activities conducted by health care provider to help patients with long term illness and health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and stopping of breathing during asleep learn to understand their condition and live successfully with it.
to indicate a medical condition in a patient that causes, is caused by, or is otherwise related to another condition in the same patient. [3] to indicate two or more medical conditions existing simultaneously regardless of their causal relationship. [4] Comorbidity can indicate either a condition existing simultaneously, but independently with ...