Objectives There are multiple instruments for measuring multimorbidity. The main objective
of this systematic review was to provide a list of instruments that are suitable for use in …

Objective We aim to identify patterns of disease clusters among inpatients of a general
hospital and to describe the characteristics and evolution of each group. Methods We used …

Background Multimorbidity measures are useful for resource planning, patient selection and
prioritization, and factor adjustment in clinical practice, research, and benchmarking. We …

Background eConsulta—that is, asynchronous, two-way teleconsultation in primary care—is
one of the most important telemedicine developments in the Catalan public health system, a …

Background The changes in shield strategies, treatments, emergence variants, and
healthcare pathways might shift the profile and outcome of patients hospitalized with COVID …

The Chronic Care Program introduced in Catalonia in 2011 focuses on improving the
identification and management of complex chronic (CCPs) and advanced chronic patients …

Background Digital health tools comprise a wide range of technologies to support health
processes. The potential of these technologies to effectively support health care …

Background To evaluate the associations between individual income, all-cause mortality
and use of healthcare resources in a very large population of chronic heart failure (CHF) …

Background Planning population care in a specific health care setting requires deep
knowledge of the clinical characteristics of the target care recipients, which tend to be …

Objectives To compare clinical outcomes in older patients with acute medical crises
attended by a geriatrician-led home hospitalization unit (HHU) vs an inpatient intermediate …