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Meeting community health needs; the combined role of the physician, health department and hospital.

Social and economic changes-the lengthening life span, the shift of population from rural to urban areas, the growth of industry and other factors-have brought about radical changes in the nation's health needs. Our greatest health problem today is chronic illness. To cope with these problems public health, medical care and hospital services, which are at present geared primarily for acute illness, must be revised. IMMEDIATE AND SPECIFIC STEPS WHICH PHYSICIANS, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND HOSPITALS CAN TAKE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS ARE TO DEFINE THE PROBLEM AND TO INITIATE STUDIES IN SEVERAL AREAS: To determine the incidence and prevalence of disease, injuries and impairments; the nature, degree and duration of resulting disability; and the type of care received. The basic approach to chronic illness is prevention. To accomplish this, more emphasis needs to be placed upon health education. Good health cannot be forced upon the public, but educated and enlightened citizens can and do solve their own health problems and those of their families and communities. Due to the complex nature of today's health problems, they must be approached jointly by physicians, local health services, hospitals and the public. The efforts of those groups must be coordinated and aimed, directly and indirectly, at preventing disease and disability.

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