Integrated Health System for Chronic Disease Management.

Points out that lessons from France can inform the development of cost-effective chronic care models in the U.S. Review of the French experience in the context of the U.S. Supreme Court's Olmstead decision, mandating the people in more restrictive settings such as nursing homes be offered community-based supports; Suggestion that regional demonstration projects for patients with chronic respiratory failure on insufficiency can provide an important step in the development of effective chronic care systems in the U.S.