Lecture 11: comorbidity and integrated care Flashcards
1
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What is comorbidity?
A
The [resence of one or more additional disorders or diseases co-occurring with a primary disease or disorder
2
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What is multi-morbidity?
A
Two or more medical conditions existing simultaneously regardless of their causal relationship
3
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What is care co-ordination through integrated health and social care teams?
A
o Community based multi-professional teams
o Immediate care, case management, support, home-based care
o Joint care planning and co-ordinated assessments of care needs
o Personalised health care plans and programmes
o Named care-coordinators
o Shared clinical records
4
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What is polypharmacy?
A
cost effective prescribing and reducing medication error
