title: Chronic care needs to be a higher priority.
abstract: Although acute care remains the focus of the U.S. health care delivery system, a shift is taking place toward chronic-illness mortality. Developing effective chronic-disease management processes is tough in the context of today's acute care orientation, according to William F. Henry, president of ForeSight Strategy Associates, St. Paul, MN.
authors.affiliation: ForeSight Strategy Associates, St. Paul, MN.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006292:Health Priorities; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology