FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Foreword -- Contents -- Abstract -- Summary -- Introduction -- 1 Living Well with Chronic Illness -- 2 Chronic Illnesses and the People Who Live with Them -- 3 Policy -- 4 Community-Based Intervention -- 5 Surveillance and Assessment -- 6 Interface of the Public Health System, the Health Care System, and the Non-Health Care Sector -- 7 The Call for Action -- Appendix A: Improving Recognition and Quality of Depression Care in Patients with Common Chronic Medical Illnesses--Wayne J. Katon -- Appendix B: New Models of Comprehensive Health Care for People with Chronic Conditions--Chad Boult and Erin K. Murphy -- Appendix C: Agendas of Public Meetings Held by the Committee -- Appendix D: Committee Biographies.