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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.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. GPs Improve Chronic Disease Management We live in a world of aging populations, with rising chronic diseases, multimorbidity, and polypharmacy. GPs improve prevention, which avoids diseases.