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Improving the quality of health care for chronic conditions
Epping-Jordan JE, Pruitt SD, Bengoa R, Wagner EH. Improving the quality of health care for chronic conditions. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2004 Aug;13(4):299-305.

In an effort to battle chronic conditions in health care, the World Health Organization and the MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation joined together to interpret the Chronic Care Model (CCM) from a global perspective. The resulting framework, the Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions (ICCC), expands community and policy features of improving health care for chronic conditions and provides a flexible yet comprehensive foundation on which to construct or reshape health systems according to local resources and demands.


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