Improving the quality of health care for chronic conditions
Epping-Jordan, J.E.; Pruitt, S.D.; Bengoa, R.; Wagner, E.H.
Quality and Safety in Health Care 13(4): 299-305
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 1475-3898 PMID: 15289634 DOI: 10.1136/qhc.13.4.299Document Number: 218693
Chronic conditions are increasingly the primary concern of health care systems throughout the world. In response to this challenge, the World Health Organization has joined with the MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation to adapt the Chronic Care Model (CCM) from a global perspective. The resultant effort is the Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions (ICCC) framework which expands community and policy aspects of improving health care for chronic conditions and includes components at the micro (patient and family), meso (health care organisation and community), and macro (policy) levels. The framework provides a flexible but comprehensive base on which to build or redesign health systems in accordance with local resources and demands.