Future Trends in Medical Rehabilitation in the Context of Multimorbidity - Part I: Definition of Terms, Issues and Challenges

Rehabilitative health care is increasingly focusing its attention on multimorbid people with 2 and more coexistent chronic diseases of sociomedical relevance. After defining the term "multimorbidity" in the context of rehabilitative health care, an exploratory overview of the prevalence an...

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Published inGesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) Vol. 80; no. 1; p. 12
Main Authors Seger, W, Cibis, W, Deventer, A, Grotkamp, S, Lübke, N, Schönle, P-W, Schmidt-Ohlemann, M, Schubert, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.01.2018
Subjects
Delivery of Health Care
Forecasting
Germany
Humans
Multimorbidity
Prevalence
Germany
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Summary:Rehabilitative health care is increasingly focusing its attention on multimorbid people with 2 and more coexistent chronic diseases of sociomedical relevance. After defining the term "multimorbidity" in the context of rehabilitative health care, an exploratory overview of the prevalence and clinical implication of this condition as reported in the literature was drafted. Based on a case history, special attention was paid to general as well as special challenges regarding design, configuration and supply of sociomedical rehabilitative care. Consensus was achieved with the Health Advisory Board of the German Federal Rehabilitation Council. The proposed actions necessary for the healthcare of persons with multimorbidity include specific function-oriented individual assessment of needs via the distinctive allocation, selection and performance of rehabilitative procedures as well as post-rehabilitative care until the patient's reintegration into his social environment.
ISSN:1439-4421
DOI:10.1055/s-0042-108440