Minimally disruptive medicine: A pragmatically comprehensive model for delivering care to patients with multiple chronic conditions

Healthcare (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-63

  Leppin, Aaron L ^a   Montori, Victor M ^a   Gionfriddo, Michael R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Care delivery models; Chronic disease; Complexity; Healthcare delivery; Minimally disruptive medicine; Multiple chronic conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85115113746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare3010050     Document Type: Review

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