Remove Chronic Disease Management Remove Hypertension Remove Primary Care Remove Referral
article thumbnail

Chronic disease management among people with serious mental illness across rural, small urban, and metropolitan settings [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Despite similar prevalence of mental illness across rural, small urban, and metropolitan settings, those living in a rural context experience disproportionately worse chronic disease related health outcomes. These disparities may be related to differences in access to recommended chronic disease management.

article thumbnail

8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. The following graph shows the striking difference in premature mortality between countries with weak or strong primary care: 2. Here are the key results.