What can be done to more effectively manage patients with chronic diseases?
a. Detect disease in presymptomatic phase
b. Implement comprehensive disease management
c. Focus on increasing the numbers of long-term care facilities
d. Train more nurses
B
Detecting disease in the presymptomatic phase is a characteristic of acute care. Isolated management of acute illness episodes without a view to comprehensive disease management is shortsighted and increasingly inadequate for managing chronic disease. Increasing the numbers of long-term care facilities will not effectively manage patients with chronic diseases. Training more nurses will not effectively manage patients with chronic diseases.
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