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The Paradox of Primary Care

2009; American Academy of Family Physicians; Volume: 7; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1370/afm.1023

1544-1717

Kurt C. Stange, Robert L. Ferrer,

Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Despite rising costs, health care often is of poor quality.[1][1]–[4][2] Current solutions to improving quality may do more harm than good if they focus more on diseases than on people.[2][3],[5][4]–[9][5] Efforts to improve the parts (evidence-based care of specific diseases)[10][6]–[13][7]