February 2010

Chronic Conditions: Making the Case for Ongoing Care

This chartbook, prepared by Partnership for Solutions, continues the work of "Chronic Care in America: A 21st Century Challenge," which was published in 1996. It provides an updated overview of chronic health conditions in the United States and implications of conditions on individuals, their caregivers and the health care system. The chartbook outlines demographic information, updated prevalence rates and projections for people with chronic conditions; details spending and utilization for people with multiple chronic conditions and chronic illness and activity limitations; and illuminates, from the physician and patient perspectives, the obstacles to providing and obtaining optimal care for people with chronic conditions.