Managing patients with multimorbidity: systematic review of interventions in primary care and community settings

SM Smith, H Soubhi, M Fortin, C Hudon, T O'Dowd - Bmj, 2012 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve outcomes in
patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings. Design Systematic …

Health care utilization and costs of elderly persons with multiple chronic conditions

T Lehnert, D Heider, H Leicht… - … Care Research and …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This systematic literature review identified and summarized 35 studies that investigated the
relationship between multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) and health care utilization …

Defining comorbidity: implications for understanding health and health services

JM Valderas, B Starfield, B Sibbald… - The Annals of Family …, 2009 - Annals Family Med
Comorbidity is associated with worse health outcomes, more complex clinical management,
and increased health care costs. There is no agreement, however, on the meaning of the …

Epidemiology and impact of multimorbidity in primary care: a retrospective cohort study

C Salisbury, L Johnson, S Purdy, JM Valderas… - British Journal of …, 2011 - bjgp.org
Background In developed countries, primary health care increasingly involves the care of
patients with multiple chronic conditions, referred to as multimorbidity. Aim To describe the …

Future of multimorbidity research: how should understanding of multimorbidity inform health system design?

CM Boyd, M Fortin - Public health reviews, 2010 - Springer
Many people living with chronic conditions have multiple chronic conditions. Multimorbidity
is defined here as the co-existence of two or more chronic conditions, where one is not …

Patterns of comorbidity, functioning, and service use for US children with ADHD, 2007

K Larson, SA Russ, RS Kahn, N Halfon - Pediatrics, 2011 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To determine patterns of comorbidity, functioning, and service use for US
children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODS: Bivariate and …

The prevalence of multimorbidity in primary care and its effect on health care utilization and cost

LG Glynn, JM Valderas, P Healy, E Burke… - Family …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Introduction. Multimorbidity is common among the heterogeneous primary care population,
but little data exist on its association with health care utilization or cost. Objective. The aim of …

Contribution of primary care to health systems and health

B Starfield, L Shi, J Macinko - The milbank quarterly, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence of the health‐promoting influence of primary care has been accumulating ever
since researchers have been able to distinguish primary care from other aspects of the …

Prevalence, expenditures, and complications of multiple chronic conditions in the elderly

JL Wolff, B Starfield, G Anderson - Archives of internal medicine, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
Background The prevalence, health care expenditures, and hospitalization experiences are
important considerations among elderly populations with multiple chronic conditions …

The interrelatedness of multiple forms of childhood abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction

M Dong, RF Anda, VJ Felitti, SR Dube… - Child abuse & …, 2004 - Elsevier
Objective: Childhood abuse and other adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have
historically been studied individually, and relatively little is known about the co-occurrence of …