title: Prevalence and costs of chronic disease in a health care system structured for treatment of acute illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA. jthrall@partners.org
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Thrall
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States