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Are patients with chronic diseases a new challenge to general practice?

Are patients with chronic diseases a new challenge to general practice?. Chairs Associate professor, PhD Dorte Ejg Jarbøl Professor, GP, PhD Jens Søndergaard Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark. Directly to hospital.

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Are patients with chronic diseases a new challenge to general practice?

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  1. Are patients with chronic diseases a new challenge to general practice? Chairs Associate professor, PhD Dorte Ejg Jarbøl Professor, GP, PhD Jens Søndergaard Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark

  2. Jens Søndergaard

  3. Directly to hospital Hospital666.990 Hosp. out pat.care 892.670 Population5 427 459 Fam. Phys.4.760.941 Specialist pract.826.489 Municipality pop. oriented prev. care and home nurse - care The Danish population and health care attendance during 1 year 2% Gatekeeper 14% 38% 78% 19% 88% 45% 17% ?% ?% ?% Sundhedsstyrelsen 2007 and Peter Vedsted

  4. Increasing prevalence of chronic diseases • Increasing amount of treatment possibilities • General practice is supposed to take on the role as coordinator of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation Jens Søndergaard

  5. We cannot identify all persons with chronic diseases! • We are small wheels in a big machine – we have no or only minor influence on what happens to the patients! • Our role as coordinators of care is not well defined! • It is very difficult to reorganise my practice! Jens Søndergaard

  6. Presenters • PhD student, MD Luise Mølenberg Begtrup. Patients with irritable bowelsyndrome in general practice • PhD student, MD Karen Kjær Larsen. Cardiac Rehabilitation in General Practice • PhD student, MD, GP Jesper Lykkegaard. Why do patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease need 6-monthly check-ups at their general practitioner? • PhD student, RN Loni Ledderer. Why do clinics not follow the same code of practice? • Associate professor, MD, PhD Dorte Ejg Jarbøl. Final aspect. Where are we heading? Jens Søndergaard

  7. Questions and comments are welcome! Jens Søndergaard

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