U.S.Health System Not Adequately Prepared For The Aging Sick
April 8, 2010
The problem can really break down for people with multiple chronic conditions.
By Janet Raloff
An editorial in tomorrow’s Journal of the American Medical Association offers anything but welcome words for Baby Boomers and their elders. These aging, if not geriatric, individuals constitute a large share of the 75-million-and-growing number of patients annually who must cope with at least two chronic medical conditions — ones that will each require at least a year of ongoing treatment.
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