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How to Know Which Service You Need |
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Comprehensive Life Care Plan |
Medical Needs Assessment |
ChronicCare Life Plan™ |
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| Situation |
Catastrophic Injury Resulting in Major Medical Care |
Need for Specific Surgical Interventions for Specific Injury after Specific Trauma. |
Elderly or Chronically Ill Patient Needs to Map Out Medical Needs and Expenses. |
| Impact on Overall Health |
Catastrophic or Major |
Limited |
Debilitating Chronic Multisystem Illness |
| Typical Attorney |
Personal Injury (Malpractice, Accident, Medical Device) Attorney |
Personal Injury (Auto/Truck/Industrial Accident) Attorney | Eder Law or Estate Planning Attorney |
| Initiating Event |
Accident, Malpractice, Adverse Drug Event, Medical Device Failure |
Accident | Worsening Chronic Illness |
| Organs Involved |
Typical One or Few Organs Injured Resulting in Chronic Disability Involving Multiple Organs |
Typically Just Musculoskeletal System |
Cardiovascular, Neurological, Metabolic, Rheumatological, Respiratory, Renal, Gastroenterology |
| Typical Type of Doctors Needed |
Internists, Subspecialists, Surgeons, Anaesthesiologists, Pediatrics, Physiatrists, Neurologists |
Neurosurgeon or Orthopedic Surgeon |
Internists, Subspecialists, Neurologists, Occasionally Surgeons |
| Rehabilitation |
Often Complex |
Focused Pre- or Post-Operative | Typically Not the Main Focus |
| Rough Financial Impact |
High Hundred Thousands to Millions |
Low Hundred Thousands | Hundred Thousands to Millions |
| Impact on Earning Capacity |
Career Ending or Career Altering |
Partial or Temporary | Retirement |