Complexity in hospital internal medicine departments: what are we talking about?

Complexity in hospital internal medicine departments: what are we talking about?

Internal medicine (IM) patients are mostly elderly, with multiple complex co-morbidities, usually chronic. The complexity of these patients involves the intricate entanglement of two or more systems (<em>e.g.</em> body and disease, family-socio-economic and environmental status, coordina...

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Main Authors: Roberto Nardi, Franco Berti, Antonio Greco, Giovanni Scanelli, Paolo Leandri, Massimo Reta, Magda Mazzetti, Angelo Pasquale, Gelorma Belmonte, Mirco Magnani, Stefania Frasson, Concetta Baldo, Gualberto Gussoni, Giorgio Vescovo, Micaela La Regina, Mauro Campanini, Ido Iori, Giovanni Mathieu, Antonino Mazzone, Carlo Nozzoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-09-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
comorbidity, multimorbidity, complexity, frailty, assessment, internal medicine patient.
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/415

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