The HHS Strategic Framework on Multiple Chronic Conditions: Genesis and Focus on Research

Journal of Comorbidity

Review

Anand K. Parekh¹  Richard A. Goodman² 

[1] HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health;HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health;National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA;

关键词: Comorbidities;    multimorbidity;    multiple chronic conditions;    strategic framework;    research;   

DOI  :  10.15256/joc.2013.3.20

 received in 2013-05-28, accepted in 2013-09-18,  发布年份 2013

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Among the 21st century's major emerging health issues, one of the most critical is the increasing prevalence of individuals with comorbidities, or multiple chronic conditions (MCCs), and the myriad challenges this poses for public health, healthcare, social services, and other sectors. Given the increasing prevalence of individuals with MCCs and the paramount role of MCCs as a healthcare cost driver, in 2008 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched an initiative to strengthen efforts by the HHS to address the effects of MCCs on health status, quality of life, and cost. In this paper, we first provide an overview of the HHS initiative with a particular focus on the approach used in developing the initiative's centerpiece, the HHS Strategic Framework on Multiple Chronic Conditions; we next describe progress in implementing one of the framework's four major goal areas (Goal 4) on facilitating research to fill knowledge gaps about, and interventions and systems to benefit, individuals with MCCs; and we conclude by suggesting additional potential priorities for research on MCCs. Although considerable research on MCCs has been reported over the past decade, the HHS Strategic Framework's goal on research provides a set of priority areas and a plan for systematically strengthening the evidence and information foundation necessary to address the challenges of MCCs in the USA. More broadly, the Strategic Framework provides a roadmap to help improve coordination between HHS operating divisions and enhance collaboration with external stakeholders to improve the quality of life for those with MCCs.

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