A new vision of health care, which has grown out of the US managed-care movement, has recently heightened the relevance of embracing a comprehensive approach to treating these conditions. Originally intended to cut costs, the goal now is to provide more appropriate care for a new era, the premise being that long-term care for many diseases requires forms of medical organization that are different from those geared toward acute care.
一种源自美国的有管理的医疗（managed-care）运动的新医疗形式最近凸显出采取全面方法治疗这些状况的重要性。最初的目标是削减成本，而如今的目标则是为新时期提供更合适的医疗，其选角条件是对许多疾病的长期医疗需要不同于针对急性病治疗的医疗组织形式。急性发作和昂贵的住院治疗可以通过为患者提供自我护理专家团队支持避免。