Case and care complexity in the medically ill

被引：62

作者：

de Jonge, Peter

Huyse, Frits J.

Stiefel, Friedrich C.

机构：

[1] Univ Groningen, Dept Internal Med, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands

[2] Univ Groningen, Dept Psychiat, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands

[3] Univ Groningen, Dept Gen Internal Med, Med Ctr, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands

[4] CHU Vaudois, Serv Psychiat Liaison, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland

来源：

MEDICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA | 2006年 / 90卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.mcna.2006.04.005

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

The concept of complexity is described increasingly in the medical literature and refers to the care needs of patients who have multimorbid conditions and the organizational structure of health care systems. This article provides an overview of the literature on this concept and discusses the need to reconcile case and care complexity. Case complexity has been operationalized in several ways. Conversely, the operationalization of care complexity has drawn much less attention. As an example, an empiric model to describe the interrelations of several indicators of care complexity is presented.

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页码：679 / +

页数：15

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